Vitali Konyayev

Vitali Konyayev
Born Vitali Anatolievich Konyayev
(1937-05-11) May 11, 1937
Kronstadt, USSR (Russia)
Years active 1958 - present
Awards Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1974)
People's Artist of Russia (1998)

Vitali Anatolievich Konyayev (Russian: Виталий Анатольевич Коняев; May 11, 1937 in Kronstadt [1]) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People's Artist of Russia (1998).[2]

Biography

In 1958 he graduated from the Theater school Mikhail Shchepkin (class of Leonid Volkov). Since 1958 - actor in the troupe of the State academic Maly theatre. In 1972–1982 years he taught at the Theater school Shchepkin, including led stage fencing. He taught at Moscow state University. Now working as a teacher at the International Slavic Institute Derzhavin.

Debut film role Aleksey Gromov in the movie Stokes in an door (1958). Best known for his work in film was the film Vladimir Basov Silence (1963). Member of the Union of theatrical figures (since 1960) and the Union of cinematographers (1964). Solo concerts traveled all over Russia and about 30 countries (America, Canada, Spain, France, Finland, Sweden). Several years headed the jury of the all-Russian theatre festival named Nikolai Rybakov in Tambov.

Personal life

Parents - Anatoliy Mihaylovich Konyayev (March 30, 1909) and Valentina Nikolaevna Konyaeva (December 14, 1910).[3]

Daughter - actress Elena Drobysheva. Was a man of the People's artist of the RSFSR Nina Drobysheva. In the second marriage with Tatiana Stanislavskaya a son Dmitriy (1987).[3]

References

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