Gennadi Leonidovich Bortnikov (russian: Генна́дий Леони́дович Бо́ртников; 1 April 1939 – 24 March 2007) was a

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actor.

Biography

His mother was a housewife, father and brother both pilots. After seven years at the school he enrolled in the engineering College, which was never finished. Went to work at a machine-building plant and after work, he went to attend night school. In 1962 he graduated from the School-Studio of MHAT and was accepted into the troupe of the

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.Школа-студия МХАТ: 1960—1969
For many years Bortnikov was one of the leading actors of the theater, the most significant work

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in ''Petersburg dreams'' and Smerdyakov in the ''Brothers Karamazov'' by

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, the main role in the play based on the novel ''The Сlown'' by

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. In the movie Bortnikov debuted in 1961 the film '' Adult Children''; the largest job starring role Soviet spy in the film ''

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''. He also appeared in the 1978 film ''

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''. Was fond of painting. As an artist and the author of the costumes Bortnikov has designed several performances. Gennady Bortnikov died on 24 March 2007 from a

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. На 68-м году жизни скончался народный артист России Геннадий Бортников
/ref> He was buried at

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. Bortnikov never married.

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Веб-музей Геннадия Бортникова
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