Vladimir Kenigson

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Кенигсон was born November 7, 1907 in the family of barrister Vladimir Petrovich Kenigson in Simferopol, the Russian Empire. Swede by birth.^[1]

Biography and career

Vladimir Kenigson graduated from the school at Simferopol Drama Theatre in 1925 and was admitted to the theater group. Then he played at the theater in Kuibyshev, Dnepropetrovsk and other cities. He saw on the stage Alexander Tairov and invited into their group.

In the years 1940-1949 Kenigson worked in Kamerny Theatre under the direction of A. Tairov, where he became a partner Alisa Koonen - in the performances of "Madame Bovary" (Rodolphe) and "Guilty Without Guilt" (Neznamov). After the closure of the Kamerny Theatre in 1949 on the advice of Tairov joined the Maly Academic Theatre.

At the same time Vladimir Kenigson starred in the Mikheil Chiaureli's film "The Fall of Berlin", which earned the role of the nazi general Krebs Stalin Prize by Joseph Stalin himself, who was delighted with his performance. Therefore, from the very first steps on one of the oldest Russian scenes Kenigson took the leading position in the company.

From 1949-1986 Kenigson was a permanent member of the troupe at Maly Academic Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such stars as Elena Gogoleva, Vera Pashennaya, Elina Bystritskaya, Boris Babochkin, Mikhail Zharov, Nikolay Annenkov, Victor Pavlov, Yury Solomin and many other notable Soviet and Russian actors. He played over 60 roles on stage and 30 roles in film and on TV. In addition to roles in movies he worked on the dubbing of foreign films and cartoons, his voice say: Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès and Totò.

Vladimir Kenigson buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery at the 58th site, next to his son in law Aleksey Eybozhenko.

Personal life

• The Vladimir Kenigson's daughter - Natalia Kenigson.
• The Vladimir Kenigson's son in law - an actor Aleksey Eybozhenko.
• The Vladimir Kenigson's grandson - TV and radio presenter Aleksei Eybozhenko Jr.

Selected filmography

• The Fall of Berlin (1950) as General Hans Krebs
• The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951) as Paul Dukes
• Miles of Fire (1957) as Sergei Beklemishev
• Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) as ex-minister Krause

Selected Russian voiced by foreign films

• Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) - Noël Roquevert as Fier-à-Bras
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - Leo G. Carroll as Uncle Bill
• Les Misérables (1958) - Bernard Blier as Javert
• Le Bossu (1959) - François Chaumette as Philippe de Gonzague
• The Mysteries of Paris (1962) - Raymond Pellegrin as Baron de Lansignac
• The Black Tulip (1964) - Robert Manuel as Prince Alexandre de Grassillac de Morvan-Le-Breau
• Lemonade Joe (1964) - Miloš Kopecký as Horace Badman, alias "Hogofogo"
• Fantômas (1964) - Louis de Funès as Commissioner Juve
• The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) - Gustaw Holoubek as Don Pedro Velasquez
• The Sucker (1965) - Louis de Funès as Léopold Saroyan
• Fantômas se déchaîne (1965) - Louis de Funès as Commissioner Juve
• Old Surehand (1965) - Larry Pennell as General Jack O’Neil
• Strike First Freddy (1965) - Martin Hansen as Dr. Pax
• The Sons of Great Bear (1966) - Jiří Vršťala as Jim Fred Clark
• The Big Restaurant (1966) - Louis de Funès as Mr. Septime, boss of a big Parisian restaurant
• Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967) - Louis de Funès as Commissioner Juve
• Oscar (1967) - Louis de Funès as Bertrand Barnier
• Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Antonio Pierfederici as Lord Montague
• L'homme orchestre (1970) - Louis de Funès as Mr. Edouard, alias Evan Evans
• La Horse (1970) - Pierre Dux as investigating magistrate
• The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) - Pierre Brasseur as Gosselin
• Tecumseh (1972) - Wolfgang Greese as Governor William Harrison
• The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) - Bernard Blier as Bernard Milan
• Oklahoma Crude (1973) - Jack Palance as Hellman
• Zorro (1975) - Stanley Baker as Colonel Huerta
• Three Days of the Condor (1975) - John Houseman as Wabash
• Concorde Affaire '79 (1979) - Joseph Cotten as Milland

Selected voiced by cartoons

• Gena the Crocodile (1969) as Salesman
• Flying Phantom Ship (1969) as Kuroshio Kaichou
• The Blue Bird (1970) as Rich man
• The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981) as Chatterbird

Awards

• Stalin Prize (1950)
• Festival Prize of Czechoslovakia (1973)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1974)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1982)
• Winner of the III Festival of Dramatic Art of Czechoslovakia in the USSR (1983)

References

External links

• Vladimir Kenigson at the Internet Movie Database