Vladimir Kirillovich Molchanov (russian: Владимир Кириллович Молчанов; born October 7, 1950, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian TV and radio host, speaker and journalist. He was a writer and host of the TV program ''Before and after midnight'' in the late 1980s - early 1990s on Soviet television. He is a member of the Russian Television Academy since 1994, and head of the studio of the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting ''Ostankino''.
Family and personal life
Molchanovs parents were his father, composer
Kirill Molchanov
Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov (russian: Кирилл Владимирович Молчанов; 7 September 1922 – 14 March 1982) was a Russian and Soviet composer.
He was appointed director of the Bolshoi, at the time political disfavour had ...
, and his mother, actress Marina Dmitrieva-Pastukhova. His godmother was
Olga Knipper
Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (russian: Ольга Леонардовна Книппер-Чехова, link=no; – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress. She was married to Anton Chekhov.
Knipper was among the 39 ori ...
. His half-sister
Anna Dmitrieva
Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva (Russian: Анна Владимировна Дми́триева, born 10 December 1940) is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.
Career
Anna Dmitrieva started playing tennis at the age of ...
is a sports commentator. He is married to Cuban Consuelo Segura, a director. He has a daughter, Anna and grandson, Dmitry.
External links
Интервью Владимира Молчанова на радио «Эхо Москвы»Интервью Владимира Молчанова газете «Европеец» (Голландия)Юбилейное интервью Владимира Молчанова газете «Вести» (Германия)
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1950 births
Living people
Soviet journalists
Russian male journalists
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Russian television presenters
Radio and television announcers
Moscow State University alumni