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Alexey Nikolayevich Gribov (russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Гри́бов; — 26 November 1977) was a Soviet and Russian actor, "master of all types of Russian national character"Inna Solovyova
Alexey Nikolayevich Gribov
article at the Moscow Art Theatre website (in Russian)
mostly remembered for his comedy roles, as well as a
pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken a ...
at the Moscow Art Theatre. He starred in over 60 movies and was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1948, Hero of Socialist Labour in 1972 and awarded four Stalin Prizes (1942, 1946, 1951 and 1952).
, 1979


Biography

Alexey and his sister were born in Moscow into a working-class family., 2002 (in Russian) His mother worked at the tobacco manufacturing company; she died from
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when he was four years old. His paternal grandfather was a serf who moved to Moscow from the Lotoshino
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following the Emancipation reform of 1861 and became a machinist. His father Nikolai Mikhailovich Gribov was a driver who escorted Moscow elite such as
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; after his wife's death he married another woman who gave birth to three children, and in 1916 left for the
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. Alexey had to become a factory worker to feed the family.Dmitry Scheglov
Solo for an uncomfortable man
article at the
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newspaper, 1 July 2004 (in Russian)
In 1919 he entered an evening school, and in 1921 — the 3rd Moscow Art Theatre studio (modern-day Vakhtangov Theatre). Upon graduation in 1924 he joined the theatre troupe where he had served for the rest 50 years. His acting skills were highly regarded by Konstantin Stanislavski. Among his notable stage performances were Sobakevich from the 1934 play '' Dead Souls'', Khlynov from ''
An Ardent Heart ''An Ardent Heart'' (russian: Горячее сердце, translit=Goryacheye serdtse; also translated as ''Burning Heart'') is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky written in 1858 and first published in the January 1869 issue of ''Otechestvennye Zapis ...
'' (1938), Ivan Chebutykin from '' Three Sisters'' (1940), Globa from
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's ''Russian People'' (1943), Yepikhodov and Firs from the two different adaptations of ''
The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate editio ...
'' (1944 and 1958), Luka from ''
The Lower Depths ''The Lower Depths'' (russian: На дне, translit=Na dne, literally: ''At the bottom'') is a play by Russian dramatist Maxim Gorky written in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902 under the direction of Konstantin ...
'' (1948) and Foma Opiskin from ''
The Village of Stepanchikovo ''The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants: From the Notes of an Unknown'' (russian: Село Степанчиково и его обитатели. Из записок неизвестного, ''Selo Stepanchikovo i ego obitateli. Iz ...
'' (1970). He was also the first MAT actor to portray
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in
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's play ''The Kremlin Chimes'' for which he received his first Stalin Prize. From 1935 on he also appeared in movies. His famous performances include mostly character comedy roles such as the bride's father from '' The Wedding'' (1944), the horse trainer from ''
Brave People ''Brave People'' (russian: Смелые люди, Smelye lyodi), initially announced on release abroad by Mosfilm as ''The Horsemen'', is a 1950 Soviet film, directed by Konstantin Yudin. The film starred Sergei Gurzo and Alexei Gribov, and was Yu ...
'' (1950) which gained him another Stalin Prize, a bureaucrat Nekhoda from '' True Friends'' (1954), a sea captain from '' Striped Trip'' (1961), the father-in-law from ''Adult Children'' (1961), an old customs official from ''The Head of Chukotka'' (1966) and the head of the photo studio from '' Zigzag of Success'' (1968). He also did a lot of voice acting at
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. During the
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Gribov and other actors regularly visited the frontline with performances for which he was awarded the
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: медаль «За доблестный труд в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») was a World War II civilian labour awar ...
. In 1944 he joined the
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Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Ютке́вич, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of ...
(1987). — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, p. 103
He taught acting at the
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Personal life

Gribov was married three times. His first wife, Elena Vladimirovna Baranovskaya, was 10 years older and had been previously married to a theatre pedagogue Alexei Nikolaevich Baranovsky who taught Gribov at the start of his career. Their relationships were said not to be based on love: he wanted to support Baranovskaya when she became a widow at the start of the war. While still married he started dating Izolda Fyodorovna Apin, a director and administrator at the Moscow Art Theatre, and in 1947 she gave birth to their son Alexey Gribov. In five years he divorced and married her. His last wife Natalia Iosifovna Valandina was a director's assistant at
Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output inclu ...
, 26 years younger than him. He also started dating her while still married to Apin. He later adopted her two daughters from two previous husbands.Maria Ivanova about her adoptive father Alexei Gribov, his wives and his last love
at Story Caravan, December 2014 (in Russian)
Among Gribov's closest friends were Anatoli Ktorov and
Mikhail Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Я́ншин) (20 October 1902 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet stage and film actor. Biography Yanshin was born in the city of Yukhnov, located in the present-day Kalug ...
. As young men he and Yanshin professionally took part in dressage and horse racing and became hippodrome regulars during later years. In the 1950 movie ''
Brave People ''Brave People'' (russian: Смелые люди, Smelye lyodi), initially announced on release abroad by Mosfilm as ''The Horsemen'', is a 1950 Soviet film, directed by Konstantin Yudin. The film starred Sergei Gurzo and Alexei Gribov, and was Yu ...
'' Gribov performed as a horse trainer and chose to ride the horse himself, and at one point they nearly fell off a cliff.


Selected filmography

* Red Army Days (1935) as Gorbunov * Peat-Bog Soldiers (1938) as Schulz * Man in a Shell (1939) as Afanasy, Belikov's servant * The Wedding (1944) as Zhigalov, father of the bride * Duel (1944) as a Commissar * Guilty Without Guilt as Shmaga * The Vow (1946) as
Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (, uk, Климент Охрімович Ворошилов, ''Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov''), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (russian: link=no, Клим Вороши́лов, ''Klim Vorošilov''; 4 Februa ...
* The Fall of Berlin (1949) as Kliment Voroshilov *
Brave People ''Brave People'' (russian: Смелые люди, Smelye lyodi), initially announced on release abroad by Mosfilm as ''The Horsemen'', is a 1950 Soviet film, directed by Konstantin Yudin. The film starred Sergei Gurzo and Alexei Gribov, and was Yu ...
(1950) as Konstantin Sergeevich Voronov *
Secret Mission ''Secret Mission'' is a 1942 British war film directed by Harold French and starring Hugh Williams, James Mason, Nancy Price, Carla Lehmann and Roland Culver. Plot During the Second World War, British Army Major Peter Garnett assembles a team ...
as the Intelligence General * The Miners of Donetsk (1950) as Kliment Voroshilov *
Sporting Honour ''Sporting Honour'' (russian: Спортивная честь}) is a 1951 Soviet sports film directed by Vladimir Petrov and starring Aleksei Gribov, Grigori Sergeyev and Margarita Lifanova. It was awarded the Stalin Prize, although political ...
(1951) as Pyotr Grinko *
The Night Before Christmas ''A Visit from St. Nicholas'', more commonly known as ''The Night Before Christmas'' and ''Twas the Night Before Christmas'' from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title ''Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas'' i ...
(1951) as narrator (voice) * The Inspector-General (1952) as Osip, Khlestakov'a servant * Kashtanka (1952) as monsieur Georges (voice) *
Mysterious Discovery ''Mysterious Discovery'' (Russian: Таинственная находка) is a 1953 Soviet family adventure film directed by Boris Buneev. Plot Three schoolchildren from a polar settlement find an old gun. Trying to figure out its origin, they ...
(1953) as Servanov * The Anna Cross (1954) as Ivan Ivanovich * True Friends (1954) as Vitaliy Grigorievich Nekhoda * The Safety Match (1954) as a magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov *
Son A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative. Social issues In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...
(1954) as Sergei Ivanovich Kondratiev *
The Frog Princess The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins. It is classified as type 402, the animal bride, in the Aarne–Thompson index. Another tale of this type is the Norwegian '' Doll i' the Grass''.D. L. Ashliman ...
as grandpa Kondrat (voice) * The Twelve Months as Brother January (voice) *
Gutta-percha Boy Gutta-percha Boy (russian: Гуттаперчевый мальчик, Guttaperchevyy malchik) is a 1957 Soviet drama film adaptation of the novel by Russian writer Dmitry Grigorovich. Plot The film is set in the end of the 19th century. Pet ...
(1957) as Clown Edwards * Dead Souls (1960) as Mikhail Semyonovich Sobakevich *
Alyosha's Love ''Alyosha's Love'' (russian: Алёшкина любовь, Alyoshkina lyubov) is a 1960 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgi Shchukin and Semyon Tumanov. Plot A modest guy, a drilling geologist, loves the beautiful and provocative switchman ...
(1960) as Zinka's grandfather *
Blind Musician Blind musicians are singers or instrumentalists, or in some cases singer-accompanists, who are legally blind. Resources Historically, many blind musicians, including some of the most famous, have performed without the benefit of formal instruct ...
(1960) as Fyodor Kaniba * Striped Trip (1961) as captain Vasiliy Vasilievich * Adult Children (1961) as Anatoly Kuzmich Korolyov *
Seven Nannies ''Seven Nannies'' (russian: Семь нянек, Sem nyanek) is a 1962 Soviet comedy film, directorial debut of Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov (russian: Ролан Антонович Быков; October 12, 1929 – October 6, 1998) was a So ...
(1962) as Lena's grandfather *
Fitil ''Fitil'' ( rus, Фитиль, p=fʲɪˈtʲilʲ, ''Fuse'') is a popular Soviet short film and television anthology series which ran for 608 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called , ''Little Fuse''. Each issue contain ...
№ 18, 66, 183 (1963, 1967, 1969) as Pal Palych/Stepan Petrovich/Alexander Semyonov * A Don Novella (1964) as Kuzmich, an old Cossack *
Chief of Chukotka ''Chief of Chukotka'' (russian: Начальник Чукотки, Nachalnik Chukotki) is a 1966 Soviet comedy film directed by Vitaly Melnikov. Plot 1922. Commissar Alexey Mikhailovich Glazkov, who received a mandate from the Soviet governmen ...
(1966) as Timofey Ivanovich Khramov *
The Tale of the Golden Cockerel ''The Tale of the Golden Cockerel'' (russian: «Сказка о золотом петушке», Skazka o zolotom petushke) is the last fairy tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin wrote the tale in 1834 and it was first published in literary ...
(1967) as Tsar Dodon (voice) * Zigzag of Success (1968) as Polotentsev * Day by Day (1971) as uncle Yura * The Humpbacked Horse (1975) as the Tsar/narrator (voice)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gribov, Alexey 1902 births 1977 deaths Male actors from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Russian male voice actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet male voice actors 20th-century Russian male actors Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School Heroes of Socialist Labour People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Honored Artists of the RSFSR Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery