Oleg Yankovskiy(1944-2009)
- Actor
- Director
Yankovsky was named best actor in a 1984 reader poll by Soviet Screen
for his role in "In Love Because He Wants to Be." He was awarded the
State Prize in 1987 for his role in "Flying Asleep and Awake." In 1989
he received the Vasiliev State Prize for his role in "The Kreutzer
Sonata." Yakovsky was given the lifetime achievement award at the 1983
All-Union Film Festival. He won the best actor NIKA in 1991, and in the
same year was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union. Yankovsky was
born in Kazakhstan and studied at the Slonov Theater Academy in
Saratov. In 1965 he joined the Saratov Drama Theater, moving to
Moscow's Lenkom Theater in 1973. He has presided over the Kinotavr
Russian Open Film Festival since 1993.
