“I continue to do my job”: Oleg Basilashvili turns 85
2019-09-26T07:29:15.970Z
Soviet and Russian film and theater actor Oleg Basilashvili was born on September 26, 1934 in Moscow. In the capital, he grew up, graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, and then ended up in the Stalingrad Theater. After Basilashvili will go to work in Leningrad and will remain there forever. The actor combined the game on stage with filming in the cinema. He collaborated with such directors as Karen Shakhnazarov, Georgy Danelia and Eldar Ryazanov (and almost played Ippolit in the New Year comedy “The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”). Basilashvili was remembered by the audience for such films as “Autumn Marathon” and “Station for Two”. Despite the fact that the actor lives and works in St. Petersburg, he considers himself a Muscovite and even bought a room in a Moscow communal apartment where he used to live.
Source: russiart