Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (russian: Игорь Владимирович Кваша; 4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

and

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n theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the Sovremennik founders along with

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and

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. He was honored with

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

in 1978.

Biography

Igor Kvasha was born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

, the son of scientist Vladimir Ilich Kvasha, of the faculty of

Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (MUCTR) (russian: «Российский химико-технологический университет имени Д. И. Менделеева», РХТУ) — is a federal state budg ...

. Kvasha graduated from the

Moscow Art Theater School Moscow Art Theatre School is the studio school of the Moscow Art Theatre. It is a state educational institution that has existed since 1943. The initiator of the studio school was Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.Moscow Art Theater The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...

troupe and performed there for two years (1955-1957). In 1957 he started work at the newly established Sovremennik Theater, where he remained. In his last years, Kvasha hosted the

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'' Wait for Me'' (russian: Жди меня) on Russia's Channel One. Kvasha himself acknowledges that he has got there accidentally. He died in Moscow at the age of 79.

Selected filmography

* '' Sergeant Fetisov'' as Tavrizyan (1961) * '' Adventures of a Dentist'' as Merezhkovsky (1965) * ''

Property of the Republic ''Property of the Republic'' (russian: Достоя́ние респу́блики, Dostoyanie respubliki) is a 1971 Soviet two-part adventure film directed by Vladimir Bychkov. Detective story takes place during the Civil War in Russia. The pict ...

'' as Lagutin, ataman (1972) * ''

The Straw Hat ''The Straw Hat'' (russian: Соломенная шляпка, translit. ''Solomennaya shlyapka'') is a 1974 Soviet musical comedy television film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze based on a play by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc-Michel. Th ...

'' as Lieutenant Emil Tavernier (1975) * '' The Flight of Mr. McKinley'' as Director of SB-Salvatory (1975) * '' Forever Alive'' as Vladimir (1976) * '' The Very Same Munchhausen'' as

burgomaster Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chie ...

(1979) * ''

A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines ''A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines'' (russian: Человек с бульвара Капуцинов, Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) is a Red Western comedy film of 1987 (Mosfilm production), with nods to silent film and the transforming pow ...

'' as pastor Adams (1987) * '' Passport'' as Rabbi (1990) * ''

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' (russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940 during Stalin's regime. A censored version, with several chapters cut by ...

'' as Stravinsky (1994) * '' The First Circle'' as

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

(2006) * ''

The White Guard ''The White Guard'' (russian: links=no, Белая гвардия) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, first published in 1925 in literary journal ''Rossiya''. It was not reprinted in the Soviet Union until 1966. Background ''The White Guard'' fir ...

'' as narrator (2012) * '' Ku! Kin-dza-dza'' as Yk, a carousel owner (2013)

Honours and awards

Order For Merit to the Fatherland Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

, 3rd class (30 March 2006) - for outstanding contribution to the development of theatre and many years of creative activity * People's Artist of the USSR (1968) * By the President of the Russian Federation (25 January 2008) - for his contribution to the development of Russian theater and film * National Prize actor Andrei Mironov "Figaro" in the "For Service to the Fatherland theatre"

References

External links

*
Igor Kvasha at Peoples

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kvasha, Igor 1933 births 2012 deaths Male actors from Moscow Soviet male film actors Russian male film actors Soviet male stage actors Russian male stage actors Russian television presenters People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Jewish Russian actors Moscow Art Theatre School alumni