Biography
Zinovy Vysokovsky was an outstanding cultural activist. Comedian who played dozens of roles in the theater was a favorite of the Soviet public. He remembered to people as a small person with a strong character, an unsurpassed sense of humor and the widest range of creative opportunities.Childhood and youth
Zinoviy Moiseevich Vysokovsky was born at the end of November 1932 by Taganrog in an educated intelligent family with an average defragment. The ancestors were representatives of Jewish nationality that grew up in the territory of the Soviet Union.
Father, adherent of traditions of his own people, worked as an accountant at a construction company. A man together with the legitimate spouse was engaged in the upbringing of his son and followed his versatile development. In the evenings, a friendly cell of society read books, and on weekends attended philharmonic, theaters and museums.
The boy liked such a pastime, he from early childhood was genuinely interested in everything that was part of the concept of art. At an early age in Zinovia, who knew the monologues from the plays of Russian classics by heart, the acting talent was awoke.
In school, who worn the name of the writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Vysokovsky deserved respect for classmates and teachers. Despite the fact that the teenager did not like to do lessons, studies gave him easy.
Having received a certificate and a gold medal for academic performance, an excellent student gathered submitting documents to theatrical university. Father, to the depths of the soul, outraged by such a rapid decision, called the son of "Bosyak". Despite the protest of the parent, the young man in 1952 went to the capital of the Soviet Union in the hope of becoming a student of the legendary "pike". This was prevented by recording in the fifth column column, testifying that the applicant was a Jew.
Frustrated failure, Zinovy returned to his homeland in Taganrog. In order not to waste time, he entered the institute, now known as the South Africa Engineering Academy, and has become a specialist in the field of automation and telemechanics.
Work on the city-forming enterprise did not attract a young man of the artistic warehouse. Stepping through his own idea of the future biography, he performed the will of the calculating father and ever worried about his fate of his mother.
In 1957, the patience of Vysokovsky burst, and he again went to Moscow. This time a graduate engineer managed to impress the admission committee of the Schukinsky school. The joy of Zinovia did not have a limit when his surname appeared in the lists of acting students.
Personal life
In the personal life of Vysokovsky was the only woman - the legitimate wife's love Efimovna. The artist of the theater and pop treated with family happiness that lasted over 50 years.The mutual feelings of the spouses strengthened the daughter of Catherine, who became a radio host and journalist, and the granddaughter of Sophia - actress of cinema and television.
In an interview with Zinovy Moiseevich, he told about the fact that he met his youth with his beloved. As an artist of amateur, he drew attention to an attractive partner on the scene, the ex-native of the city of Rostov-on-Don.
The girl who tried to become a student of the local medical institute well remembered a spectacular dark-haired guy and subconsciously decided to become his wife. So it happened when Vysokovsky decided to make an offer.
Photos of spouses, hugging or gently holding hands, for decades, decided the pages of Soviet newspapers and magazines dedicated to art.
Creation
In early 1960s, Vysokovsky graduated from the Higher Theater School named after B. V. Shchukin. The dealer's student's ticket was issued to the Master of Soviet Cinema Vladimir Abramovich Et. The first place of work of the young talented actor was the Moscow Theater Miniature, created by the screenwriter and playwright Vladimir Solomonovich Polyakov.
In parallel with participation in the production of the plays of Russian writers, Zinovy Moiseevich was filmed in artistic films. Cinema took place in a two-sector film adaptation of the novel Konstantin Simonov "Live and Dead". Director Alexander Stopper entrusted a native of Taganrog's role of the Misha Voager, and a newcomer, who immediately realized how to behave in front of the camera, brilliantly embodied the character of the character.
In 1967, the representative of Jewish nationality moved to the famous Satira Theater. The audience was happy to go to the performances of the "crazy day, or the marriage of Figaro", "Schweik in World War II", "Auditor" and "Little Comedy of the Big House", where the actor performed as a major or secondary acting person.
After the death of the partners Anatoly Papanov and Andrei Mironova, Vysokovsky, 20 years of life spent in the building on the Triumphal Square, left the stage troupe under the leadership of Valentine Pleuke and became a pop artist of the spoken genre.
In solo programs, excerpts came from academic productions, Odessa jokes, as well as single intermediates and reprises written by famous authors. The monologue "Call from the Detrozer", where the female character appeared by the name of the cracker, instantly became the classics of the Soviet humor.
All-Union recognition came to the artist after the release of the television entertainment program "Zucchini" 13 chairs "" On the life of the employees of the fictional Polish trust, their relatives and friends.
When the show was released on television screens, the audience did not know Vysokovsky. To win the love of the public, the artist for a long time and carefully worked out the character of the hero - the Graphomanian writer Pan Zui. He came up with a name, a speech manner, a biography and appearance.
The fame of the inhabitants of the cafe who rinsed the social system and the events that took place in the USSR in the 60s-E-80s, rushed to Europe. Zinovy Moiseevich and partners received the title of Honored Artists of Poland.
Shortly after the closure of the TVCabachka for political reasons, Vysokovsky presented the spectators of the Astrad's theater, under the name "Fifth Side of Light". The artist read the passages from the humorous stories of Mikhail Zoshchenko, as well as the poems of Rasul Gamzatov, Konstantin Simonov and Vladimir Vysotsky.
In the 2000s, the actor who released a collection of jokes "says Odessa", toured and replenished the filmography. Zinovy Moiseevich starred in such filmms like "Kyshkin House", "looking down", "under the sky of Verona" and "Soviet Park".
Death
According to close friends and relatives, Zinovy Moiseevich was a man who had an exorbitant sense of humor. The actor always tried to improve the mood of others and laughing them with a Jewish joke or a pop monologue on the evil day.Vysokovsky did not have the habit of complaining about adversity and health problems. He followed the motto relentlessly:
"Crying before God, laugh before people."As long as the forces remained, a graduate of Schukinsky school participated in theatrical productions and filmed in the cinema. The last project was the film "Dirty work", where the Honored Artist of the RSFSR played the role of Antiquary Alekseeva-Chizhevsky.
On August 3, 2009, the star TV channel "13 chairs" died in Moscow Hospital. S. P. Botkin. The cause of death became an attack of renal failure.
By order of the Ministry of Culture of Russia, Zinoviya Moiseevich was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery. On the birthday of the actor's grave, fresh flowers bring fresh flowers.
Filmography
- 1964 - "Live and dead"
- 1965 - "Friends and Years"
- 1968 - "Once again about love"
- 1968 - "Sixth July"
- 1969 - "Zucchini" 13 chairs "
- 1969 - "Sewing in World War II"
- 1974 - "Mad Day, or Marriage Figaro"
- 1975 - "Little Comedy of the Big House"
- 1981 - "Mystery, known to all"
- 1982 - "Auditor"
- 2002 - "Kyshkin House"
- 2002 - "Looking down"
- 2006 - "Park of the Soviet period"
- 2009 - "Dirty work"