Died actor and director Sergei Artsibashev – RBC

The People’s Artist of Russia Sergei Artsibashev

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The artistic director of the Russian State Theatre on Pokrovka Sergey Artsibashev died on the 64th year of life. This is stated in a message on the site of the theater.

«Today, July 12, 2015, in Moscow on 64 th year, died People’s Artist of Russia, laureate of State Prize of Russia, founder and artistic director of the theater Sergey Artsibashev Nikolayevich, “- said the administration of the theater.

According to the interlocutor of Interfax in the theater, the cause of death was a cancer.

Artsibashev finished Sverdlovsk Theatre School and GITIS, where he studied in the studio of Maria Knebel . In 1989 he became the chief director of the Moscow theater comedy, which in 1991 was reorganized into the Russian State Theatre on Pokrovka. From 2002 to 2011 led Artsibashev Theater. Mayakovsky.

As an actor, movie Artsibashev played more than 20 roles, mostly anecdotal, but almost always remembered his sharp specificity. In the movie “Cruel Romance” Artsibashev played thieving cashier Gulyaev, in the comedy “Shirley Myrli” – an employee of the registrar, in the “Forgotten Melody for Flute” – Alexei Akimovich Ikshanova. One of his last film works was the role of the jury in the tenth film by Nikita Mikhalkov’s “12».

As a director Artsibashev staged more than 40 productions in theaters in Russia and abroad. In 2005, he became a People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, and in 2009 was awarded the Medal of Honor Artsibashev.