If talent can be measured by people's love, then the real genius is Yuri Nikulin. Biography, photos (presented in the material) of this character are also full of tragedy and comedy, as well as his role.
First step to the future
The future genius was born on December 18, 1921 inthe city of Demidov. Father and mother were simple but talented people. My father, Vladimir Andreevich, studied law in Moscow, but he never worked in his specialty. Without completing the course, the guy went to the Red Army, and from there he was sent to the Smolensk region. Mom, Lidia Ivanovna, built a career in the drama theater, where Vladimir got a job. There, young people met and fell in love.
In 1925, a small family moved to the capital.My father got a job as a correspondent for a newspaper, was actively engaged in amateur art activities and wrote short reprises for the circus arena. Lydia quit her job and devoted herself entirely to household chores.
It was in Moscow that Yuri Nikulin fell in love with the performing arts. The biography could have turned differently if the father had not brought his son to the show.
Normal childhood
Positive, bright atmosphere under the domeseized his heart. The real gift was that dad took the child with him backstage. There he took a clown to the dressing room, which the boy remembered was angry and nervous. The man was the absolute opposite of his hero. When his son asked why, the father answered that the artist was just tired. Then the baby thought that if he became a clown, he would always be kind, funny and affable.
Since childhood, he loved jokes Yuri Nikulin.The biography and work of this man were inextricably linked. From the memories of the actor, he heard the first joke at 7 years old. The joke was told to him and the other children by the janitor. The boy liked the fiction so much that he repeated it several times to his relatives and friends.
Rogue and Clown
Yuri studied well, although he constantly receivedremarks from teachers for inattention. Despite the bad memory, the boy developed his comedic talent in the drama school circle. The whole school laughed at his anecdotes. Subsequently, he wrote down all the funny stories in a notebook. The guy shared jokes on decent and indecent.
In 1939, the young man finished his studies and wanted to enroll in a military school. But the parents decided that their energetic and talented son would soon get bored there.
But still closely linked his fate with the army YuriNikulin. A brief biography will tell about his war years. In particular, because the genius himself did not want to recall this period of his life. Yuri went to war as an eighteen-year-old boy, and returned as a twenty-five-year-old man.
Hero in battle
They called the guy into the army immediately after school.From the academic corps he went to the Soviet-Finnish war. In April 1941, a soldier was preparing to return home. But he did not succeed in enjoying a peaceful life. Ahead waited the Great Patriotic. He served near Leningrad. There, in 1943, he got pneumonia and was in hospital for some time. As soon as he returned to the front, he was contused and again went to the hospital. When the soldier recovered, he was sent to the Baltics. There he met a victory.
Many are interested in the war years and how theirsurvived Yuri Nikulin. Biography, nationality at the front did not matter, because everyone had one mission. The comedian himself often noted that quite often his life was saved by chance. He saw his fellowmen die, and each time he understood that he could be in their place.
At the end of the service, he was engaged in amateur creativity and more than once he treated the soldiers with good jokes and positive feelings that radiated. Among his medals there is a difference for courage.
In the arena
In 1946, Yuri Nikulin returned home.The biography was warped by war, but this did not prevent the genius from going towards his dream. When the question arose of what to do next, the answer was unequivocal - go to the stage. The future actor began to take exams. But every door he knocked closed in front of his nose. The VGIK commission even noticed that his talent is not enough for the cinema. There he was advised to try his hand at the theater. But in GITIS and the school named after Shchepkin, where the man was trying to enter, they believed that he would not become a successful artist.
For a long time, Yuri hung around without work. The hero of the war was even offered a position in the police, to which he could agree, if not for an accident.
On one of the ad posters he saw what was comingset in the studio clowning. After consulting with his father, the man decided to take a chance. So began the career of actor Yuri Nikulin. The biography of the artist has always been associated with the circus, and comedy almost flowed in his veins.
He was chosen among hundreds of applicants. So he was on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Career start
Worked future actor under the direction ofthe extremely famous clown at that time, Mikhail Rumyantsev, who played under the pseudonym Pencil. There he met Mikhail Shuidin, with whom he later created a popular duet. Concerts and tours of the troika continued until 1950.
Rumyantsev demanded that his colleagues clearly adhere to the script, but two young artists wanted to improvise. Because of the working conflict, young people left Pencil and began an independent career.
Great fame acquires Yuri Nikulin.The biography is now inseparable from the scene. Thousands of people went to the circus, only to see his performance. Each scene was full of improvisation, and this was the key to success. The same story could be reviewed again and again.
In 1958, the artist was invited to the cinema.The debut was the painting "Girl with a guitar." There, Yuri played the role of pyrotechnics. When the actor first watched the movie, he was very upset. It seemed to him that in the frames he looks foolish. Then his wife supported him.
Swan fidelity
With his big and only love geniusmet in a circus. He met Tatiana Pokrovskaya in 1949. Then she studied and was fond of equestrian sport. At the university there was a stable where the foal lived with short legs. An unusual creature came to see the Pencil. He liked the animal, and he asked the girl to teach the horse elementary stunts.
В цирке Татьяна встретила молодого ассистента.She immediately liked Yuri Nikulin. Biography, personal life and work of his were now associated with this woman. The man invited her to speak. Then the unpleasant tragedy almost took the artist's life. The colt, which was chosen by the Pencil, severely beat Yura during one of the scenes, and straight from the arena the young man was taken to the hospital.
Tatiana's parents were against the fact that her daughter met with a clown, but six months after they met, the lovers played a wedding. Together, the couple lived almost 50 years.
The image of the Balbes
The nationwide adoration of the actor brought the directorLeonid Gaidai. The image of the criminal trinity was extremely popular. For the first time, the heroes appeared in the short film "Dog of the Barbos and the Unusual Cross." Then, for even greater likelihood of the image of the dumbass, Balbezu glued false eyelashes. This role was played by Yuri Nikulin. Biography has acquired new twists. Now the clown has also become a film actor.
Continued the adventures of the trinity in "Operation" Y ".The audience remembers well the favorite actors and the film about the Caucasian prisoner. But few people know that there were two more pictures where the directors were filming restless criminals. These are not very popular films "Give the Complaint Book" and "Seven Old Men and One Girl."
Next came the film "The Diamond Hand".The image of the protagonist was written specifically for Yura. In one of the scenes, Semyon Gorbunkov was supposed to fall out of the trunk of the car. To do this, specially made a copy of papier-mâché. When she was accidentally found by a cleaning woman, she almost fainted. So the rumor went that Nikulin died. It is interesting that his son Maxim and wife Tatiana took off in the film. The child was given the role of a boy who walked on water, and the woman played the guide.
Genius of his time
But not only comedic characters played an actor.He was invited to portray complex, dramatic characters. In 1961, the tape “When the trees were big” appeared on the screens. In it, Nikulin shows how difficult human psychology can be. In the painting "Andrei Rublev" Yuri plays a monk. His hero is a tragedy that the actor was able to convey to the viewer. Extremely reverent was the film "Twenty Days Without War." The hero of the picture largely reflects the character of the actor himself.
Throughout his life, the artist combined the movie and the circus. Sometimes scenes from one genre were transferred to another sphere. Drama and comedy combined in one person.
Continuing to manage the circus (he was invited there in 1981), he continued to perform. In recent years, led the transfer "White Parrot". There you could hear the most interesting and funny jokes.
Anyone who turned to him for help, and there were many, received an answer. There are legends about the kindness of this man.
By the end of his life, Yuri Nikulin was very sick.The biography (date of death - August 21, 1997) of this person is full of warmth and goodness. His characters are light and simple, they will still be remembered for a very long time. This man was distinguished by exceptional kindness and a bright soul, which he willingly shared with family, friends and strangers.
