Oldest leading Actor of Theatre of satire Mikhail Derzhavin died at the age of 81 years, said Last news in the theater.

according to the interviewer Agency, the national actor of Russia died " after long illness ".

The date of farewell and funeral will be announced at a later date.

Mikhail Derzhavin was born fifteen June 1936 in the capital of Russia in the family of one of the leading actors of the Vakhtangov Theatre Mikhail S. Derzhavin. Dad died when Michael was fifteen years old. To help the family he had to earn money, the tenth grade, he graduated from night school.

in 1954, Derzhavin enrolled in drama school named Shchukin. Then he was invited to the capital Theatre named after Lenin Komsomol.

in 1969, he moved to the Theatre of satire. During the work there has played many roles, including Elisha in "the Banquet" Arkady Arkanov and Grigory Gorin, Velosipedy "Bane" of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Teletel in "Mad money" by Alexander Ostrovsky, the puffer in "Woe from wit" by Alexander Griboyedov.

in the movie, the Derzhavin debuted in 1956, starring in the movie of Yuri Yegorov "They were the first" where he played schoolboy Zhenya.

One of the most memorable of his film roles
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