Igor Ilyinsky

Igor Ilyinsky
Igor Ilyinsky as Tapioka in the film The Three Million Trial. 1926.
Birth nameIgor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky
Born(1901-07-24)24 July 1901
Moscow, Moskovsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died13 January 1987(1987-01-13) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
GenresSlapstick, mime, comedy
SpouseTatiana Ilyinskaya (c. 1920–1945; her death)
Tatyana Yeremeeva (1951–1987; his death
Igor Ilyinsky's voice
Recorded in 1952

Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky (Russian: И́горь Влади́мирович Ильи́нский; 24 July 1901 – 13 January 1987) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director and comedian. Hero of Socialist Labour (1974) and People's Artist of the USSR (1949).[1]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 288–289. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.