Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (10.04.1959). People's artist of the RSFSR (7.01.1977). People's artist of the USSR (30.10.1990). After graduation, Vitsin entered the Maly Theater School. But he was expelled with the phrase "for frivolous attitude to the learning process." Then he passed the tests at once in three studios - Alexei Dikiy's, the Revolution Theater and the Moscow Art Theater-2, and was immediately admitted to all three. In 1934 he entered the Moscow Theater School named after Eugeniy Vakhtangov. In 1935 Vitsin moved to the studio of Moscow Art Theater-2, where he studied with S. G. Birman, A. I. Blagonravov, V. N. Tatarinov. In 1936-1969 he was an actor at the Theater Studio under the direction of N.P. Khmeleva (since 1937 - theater named after M.N. Ermolova). In 1947 Georgiy Vitsin made his debut in the movie as N.V. Gogol in the film of Kozintsev "Belinskiy". The last seven years of life the actor did not act, appeared before the audience only in humor