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Mironov Andrey Alexandrovich (1941-1987)

Personal data
SurnameMironov
NameAndrey
PatronymAlexandrovich
Birth year1941
Birth month3
Birth day8
Birth placeMoscow
Death year1987
Death month8
Death day16
Death placeRiga
SexM

Mironov Andrey Alexandrovich (8 March 1941, Moscow – 16 August 1987, Riga) - actor.

Andrey Mironov was the son of actors A. S. Menaker and M. V. Mironova. In 1962, he graduated from the B. V. Shchukin Theatre School and joined the Moscow Satire Theatre, where he played his first role (Garik, 24 Hours a Day by O. N. Stukalov); in the same year, he made his film debut (Peter, And If It's Love?). He played many roles on the theatre stage: Don Juan (Don Juan, or Love of Geometry by M. Frisch, 1966), Zhadov (A Profitable Position by A. N. Ostrovsky, 1967), Figaro (The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro by P. Beaumarchais, 1969), Khlestakov (The Inspector General by N. V. Gogol, 1972), Chatsky (Woe from Wit by A. S. Griboedov, 1976), Mackie Messer (The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, 1980), Vasilkov (Mad Money by Nikolai Ostrovsky, 1981), Lopakhin (The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, 1984), Klaverov (Shadows by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, 1987), and others. He appeared in many films: The Count (The Diamond Arm, 1968), Marquis (The Property of the Republic, 1971), Vasilyev (The Incredible Adventures of Italians in Russia, 1974), Khanin (My Friend Ivan Lapshin, 1984), and others. He appeared in television films and television plays: Rudin (Rudin, 1970), Fadin (The Straw Hat, 1975), Grushnitsky (Pages from Pechorin's Diary, 1975), Celestin (Swallows of Heaven­Swallows,‘ 1976), Ostap Bender (’The Twelve Chairs,‘ 1977), Faryatyev (’Faryatyev's Fantasies,“ 1982), and others. Starting in the 1970s, he worked as a director and staged A. Arkanov and G. Gorin's ‘Little Comedies of a Big House’ (1973), G. Gorin's ‘Phenomena’ (1979), N. Ostrovsky's ‘Mad Money’ (1981), G. Gorin's ‘Farewell, Master of Ceremonies’ (1984), and M. Saltykov-Shchedrin's ‘Shadows’ (1987). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980). Buried in Moscow.