Vitaly Solomin
Voice Actor, Film actor
1941 – 2002
Who was Vitaly Solomin?
Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter. He was the younger brother of Yury Solomin.
Vitaly Solomin was born in 1941 in Chita, Russia to a family of professional musicians. From childhood he was fascinated by music and learned to play the piano. On leaving school he went to Moscow and in 1959 he entered Shchepkin's drama school. He studied in the class of Nikolay Annenkov.
While a student, Vitaly rehearsed and performed at the Maly Theatre. After finishing the school he became an actor at this theater.
In the 1960s Vitaly Solomin began to appear in films. He debuted in 1963 in 1 Newton street. His first big role was as Kirill in the 1966 film Elder sister.
Vitaly Solomin shot to fame after playing the leading role as Cossack Roman in the epic film Dauria where he worked with his brother Yuri Solomin and other Russian stars, such as Yefim Kopelyan Viktor Pavlov and Vasili Shukshin
During the 80s his performances in films directed by Igor Maslennikov were especially successful. Most famous of these was his role as Dr. John H. Watson in a series of films about Sherlock Holmes. In 1982 Maslennikov invited him to play the role of Count Tomsky in an adaptation of The Queen of Spades. His work in the serial Winter cherries was very successful.
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- Born
- Dec 12, 1941
Chita - Also known as
- Vitaly Mefodyevich Solomin
- Vitali Mefodyevich Solomin
- Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин
- V. Solomin
- Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin
- Vitali Solomin
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Maria Solomina
(1970 - 2002/05/27) - Natalia Rudnaya
- Maria Solomina
- Children
- Nationality
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Died
- May 27, 2002
Moscow - Resting place
- Vagankovo Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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