If talent can be measured by popular love, then the real genius is Yuri Nikulin. Biography, photos (presented in the material) of this character are as full of tragedy and comic as his role.
First step to the future
The future genius was born on December 18, 1921 in the city of Demidov. Father and mother were simple but talented people. Dad, Vladimir Andreyevich, studied law in Moscow, but never worked in his specialty. Without completing the course, the guy went to the Red Army, and from there he was sent to Smolensk. Mom, Lidia Ivanovna, built a career in the drama theater, where Vladimir got a job. There, young people met and fell in love.
In 1925, a small family moved to the capital. My father got a job as a correspondent in a newspaper, was actively involved in amateur art and wrote short reprisals for the circus arena. Lydia quit her job and devoted herself entirely to household chores.
It was in Moscow that Yuri Nikulin fell in love with stage art. The biography could have turned differently if the father had not brought his son to the show.
Ordinary childhood
The positive, vibrant atmosphere under the dome captured his heart. The real gift was that Dad took the child with him backstage. There he took a clown to the dressing room, which the boy remembered as evil and nervous. The man was the exact opposite of his hero. When asked by his son why this is so, his father replied that the artist was simply tired. Then the baby thought that if he becomes a clown, he will always be kind, funny and friendly.
Since childhood, he loved jokes Yuri Nikulin. The biography and work of this man were inextricably linked. From the actor’s recollections, he heard the first joke at the age of 7. The janitor told him and other children a joke. The boy liked the fiction so much that he repeated it several times to his family and friends.
Robber and clown
Yuri studied well, although he constantly received comments from teachers for inattention. Despite a poor memory, the boy developed his comedic talent in a school drama circle. The whole school laughed at his jokes. Subsequently, he wrote down all the funny stories in a notebook. The guy divided jokes into decent and indecent.
In 1939, the young man finished his studies and wanted to enter a military school. But the parents decided that their energetic and talented son would soon get bored there.
But nevertheless, Yury Nikulin was closely connected with his army. A brief biography will tell about his war years. In particular, because the genius himself did not want to recall this period of his life. Yuri went to war as an eighteen-year-old boy, and returned as a twenty-five-year-old man.
Hero in battle
Dragged the guy into the army immediately after school. From the educational building, he went to the Soviet-Finnish war. In April 1941, a soldier was preparing to return home. But he failed to enjoy a peaceful life. Ahead of the Great Patriotic War. He served near Leningrad. There in 1943 he received pneumonia and for some time lay in the hospital. As soon as he returned to the front, he was shell-shocked and again went to the hospital. When the soldier recovered, he was sent to the Baltic states. There he met a victory.
Many are interested in the war years and how Yuri Nikulin survived them. Biography, nationality at the front did not matter, because everyone had one mission. The comedian himself often noted that often his life was saved by chance. He saw his brethren die, and each time he realized that he could be in their place.
At the end of the service he was engaged in amateur performances and more than once he treated the soldiers with successful jokes and the positive that he radiated. Among his medals there is a distinction for courage.
In the arena
In 1946, Yuri Nikulin returned home. The biography was twisted by the war, but this did not stop the genius from going to his dream. When the question arose of what to do next, the answer was unequivocal - to go on stage. The future actor began to take exams. But every door he knocked on shut before his nose. The VGIK commission even noticed that his cinema talent was not enough. There he was advised to try his hand at the theater. But in GITIS and the Shchepkin School, where the man was trying to enter, they believed that he would not become a successful artist.
For a long time, Yuri hung around without work. The war hero was even offered a position in the police, to which he could agree, if not for chance.
On one of the billboards, he saw that there was a set in the studio clowning. After consulting with his father, the man decided to take a chance. So began his career actor Yuri Nikulin. The artist’s biography has always been associated with the circus, and the comedy almost flowed in his veins.
He was chosen among hundreds of applicants. So he ended up on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Career start
The future actor worked under the guidance of the extremely famous at that time clown Mikhail Rumyantsev, who played under the pseudonym Pencil. There he met Mikhail Shuidin, with whom he later created a popular duet. Concerts and tours of the three lasted until 1950.
Rumyantsev demanded that his colleagues strictly adhere to the script, but the two young artists wanted to improvise. Due to the working conflict, young people left the Pencil and began an independent career.
Yuri Nikulin gains great fame. The biography is now inextricable with the scene. Thousands of people went to the circus, only to see his performance. Each scene was full of improvisation, and this was the key to success. The same plot could be reviewed again and again.
In 1958, the artist was invited to the cinema. The debut was the painting "Girl with a Guitar." There, Yuri played the role of pyrotechnics. When the actor first watched the film, he was very upset. It seemed to him that in the frames he looks stupid. Then his wife supported him.
Swan fidelity
With his great and only love, the genius met in the circus. He met Tatyana Pokrovskaya in 1949. Then she studied and was fond of horse riding. At the university there was a stable where a foal with short legs lived. A pencil came to see an unusual creature. He liked the animal, and he asked the girl to teach the horse elementary tricks.
In the circus Tatyana met a young assistant. She immediately liked Yuri Nikulin. His biography, personal life and work were now associated with this woman. The man invited her to his speech. Then an unpleasant tragedy almost took the artist’s life. The foal chosen by the Pencil beat Yura severely during one of the scenes and was taken directly to the hospital from the arena of the young man.
Tatyana's parents were opposed to having her daughter meet with a clown, but six months after they met, the lovers played a wedding. Together, the couple lived for almost 50 years.
Image of Dunce
The popular adoration for the actor was brought by the director Leonid Gaidai. The image of the criminal trinity was extremely popular. For the first time, the characters appeared in the short film “Dog Watchdog and Unusual Cross”. Then, for even greater credibility of the image of a dumbass, false eyelashes were glued to Balbes. This role was played by Yuri Nikulin. Biography has gained new twists. Now the clown has also become a film actor.
The adventures of the trinity in Operation Y continued. Well remember the audience of their favorite actors and the film about the Caucasian captive. But few people know that there were two more pictures where the directors filmed restless criminals. These are not very popular films “Give a mournful book” and “Seven old men and one girl”.
Next came the film “The Diamond Arm”. The image of the main character was written specifically for Yura. In one scene, Semyon Gorbunkov was supposed to fall out of the trunk of a car. To do this, specially made a copy of papier-mâché. When a cleaner accidentally found her, she nearly fainted. So the rumor went that Nikulin had died. Interestingly, his son Maxim and wife Tatyana starred in the film. The child was given the role of a boy who was walking on the water, and the woman played the guide.
