Gennadi (birth name Geniy[1]) Gavrilovich Yukhtin (Russian: Геннадий (Гений) Гаврилович Юхтин; 30 March 1932 – 18 February 2022) was a Russian film and stage actor.
Gennadi Yukhtin | |
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 Gennadi Yukhtin at the farewell ceremony with People's Artist of the Russian Federation Anatoly Kuznetsov at the Cinema House of the Union of Cinematographers in Moscow | |
| Born | Geniy Gavrilovich Yukhtin 30 March 1932 |
| Died | 18 February 2022 (aged 89) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–2022 |
Life and career
editAt the age of fourteen, Yukhtin was orphaned: his mother died at the front during the Second World War in 1942, and his father died of wounds in 1946.[2] He ended up in a special orphanage for the children of dead army and navy officers. Later he ended up in the Volga region, where the teacher, a former actress, introduced her pupils to amateur art. Then Yukhtin became seriously interested in theatrical art.
Yukhtin graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. Since 1955, he has been an actor at the National Film Actors' Theatre. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1991.
Death
editYukhtin tested positive for COVID-19 on 27 January 2022. He was hospitalized in critical condition on 11 February[3] and died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 89.[4][5]
Selected filmography
edit- Other People's Relatives (1956)
- Criminal Case of Rumyantsev (1956)
- Spring on Zarechnaya Street (1956)
- Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
- Zhavoronok (1964)
- The Hockey Players (1964)
- The Elusive Avengers (1967)
- The Andromeda Nebula (1967)
- Dead Season (1968)
- The Brothers Karamazov (1969)
- This Merry Planet (1973)
- Siberiade (1979)
- Semyon Dezhnev (1983)
- Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)
Honors and awards
edit- 1976: Honored Artist of the RSFSR
- 1994: People's Artist of Russia
- 2008: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
References
edit- ^ Actors of Soviet Cinema
- ^ Геннадий Юхтин. Доброта и дух советской эпохи (in Russian)
- ^ 89-летняя звезда фильма «Неуловимые мстители» Геннадий Юхтин был госпитализирован (in Russian)
- ^ Умер актер Геннадий Юхтин, игравший в «Весне на Заречной улице» (in Russian)
- ^ "Умер Геннадий Юхтин, народный артист РФ" (in Russian). 18 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.