Zinovy Moiseevich Vysokovsky (russian: Зиновий Моисеевич Высоковский; 28 November 1932 – 3 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian theater and movie actor and variety performer. In 1978 he was awarded the

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...

. He was born in

Taganrog Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: History of Taganrog The ...

USSR 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 nationa ...

Biography

In 1952 Zinovy Vysokovsky graduated with honors from the

Chekhov Gymnasium The Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 (formerly Gymnasicheskaya Street) is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named af ...

. He went to

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 million ...

with the intention to enter the Shchukin Drama School. He failed to be accepted and instead got an education in automation and space telemechanics at the

Taganrog State University of Radioengineering Southern Federal University (), abbreviated as SFedU () and formerly known as Rostov State University (1957–2006), is a public university in Rostov Oblast, Russia with campuses in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog. History Southern Federal Univers ...

. At the same time he kept trying to enter the Shchukin School and finally succeeded in 1957. In 1961 Vysokovsky joined the troupe of the Moscow Miniature Theatre. Vysokovsky earned popularity as an actor both on stage and screen. In the regular television program ''Small Restaurant ‘13 Chairs’'' he played the part of Pan Zyuzya from 1967. Vysokovsky also worked as a comedian in a number of solo programs.

Death

He died on the 77th year of life on the night of Monday, August 3, 2009 in Moscow.

Filmography

* 1964 – ''

The Alive and the Dead ''The Alive and the Dead'' (russian: Живые и мёртвые, Zhivye i myortvye) is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Stolper based on the eponymous 1959 novel ''The Living and the Dead'' by Konstantin Simonov. Plot The film tak ...

'' as Mikhail WeinsteinВайнштейн — образ собирательный
/ref> * 1965 – ''Švejk in World War II'' as Švejk * 1965 – '' The Friends Through the Years'' as Grisha * 1968 – ''

Once More About Love Once More About Love (russian: Ещё раз про любовь, Eshchyo raz pro lyubov) is a 1968 Soviet drama film directed by Georgy Natanson. Plot The film tells about the spoiled attention and arrogant scientist who meets a young woman, in ...

'' as Pyotr Borisovich Halperin * 1969 – ''Small Restaurant ‘13 Chairs’ as Pan Zyuzya * 1974 – ''The Marriage of Figaro'' as Bartolo * 1975 – ''Small Comedies of the Big House'' as Tengiz * 1982 – ''Through the Looking Glass'' as Tweedledum (voice) * 2006 – ''The Soviet Park'' as steward at a funeral

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