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Rostislav Yankovsky

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Rostislav Yankovsky
Yankovsky in 2008
Born
Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі
Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky

5 February 1930
Died26 June 2016(2016-06-26) (aged 86)
Minsk, Belarus
RelativesOleg Yankovsky
(brother)
Igor Yankovsky
(son)
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR
(1978)

Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky[1] (Belarusian: Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі; Ukrainian: Ростислав Іванович Янковський; Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский;[1] 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odesa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad[2] and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951. Since 1957, he worked in the Minsk Drama Theatre. Yankovsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1978. He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky.[1] His son Igor Yankovsky is also an actor. In 1994 he became the Chairman of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.[3]

He died in Minsk on 26 June 2016 in Minsk, Belarus, aged 86.[4][5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1958 Happiness Must Be Рrotected Conferee Uncredited
1958 Red Leaves Viktor
1960 Lullaby officer Uncredited
1968 Two Comrades Were Serving Hon. George d'Alroy
1968 Karantin Committee-Man
1970 Waterloo Flahaut
1970 I, Francisk Skaryna... Ivan Skorina
1972 Sea on Fire Nikolai Mikhailovich Kulakov
1973 Land, on Demand Aguirre
1984 Meeting at the End of Winter Semyon Petrovich
1984 Time and the Conways Gerald Thornton
1984 Copper Angel Leo, the carpenter
1985 Cancan in an English Рark Daniil Robak (Torchinsky)
1985 Battle of Moscow General Vasily Smirnov
1986 The Bounce Demin
1986 Race of the Century Stanley Best
1986 Don't Forget to Turn Off the TV Mikhail Mikhailovich
1986 The Dolphin's Cry minister
1990 Man from the Black Volga Antonov
1990 Eternal Husband Fedosey Petrovich Zakhlebinin
1991 Adam's Rib Viktor Vitalievich
1991 Ghost Konstantin Grigoryevich
1991 Forgive Us, Stepmother Russia Colonel Steblin
1992 You Yourself Burn with Mad Рassion for Me Vladimir Frantsevich
1992 Sunny Day at the End of Summer рrofessor Short
1993 Anomaly General
1996 Love in Russian 2 Yarosevich
1997 A Friend of the Deceased Igor Lvovich
2005 The State Counsellor General Khrapov

Honours and awards

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Belarus
Soviet Union
Russia

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Ростислав Янковский" [Rostislav Yankovsky] (in Russian).
  2. ^ Умер брат Олега Янковского. Биография
  3. ^ Кинофестиваль стал частью жизни. Как Янковскому удалось создать и организовать кинофестиваль «Лістапад» // Capital TV
  4. ^ В Минске умер белорусский актер Ростислав Янковский
  5. ^ Belarusian actor Rostislav Yankovsky passes away aged 86
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