Biography
Erast Pavlovich Garin (Russian: Эра́ст Па́влович Га́рин; 10 November [O.S. 28 October] 1902 – 4 September 1980) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter. He was, together with Igor Ilyinsky and Sergey Martinson, one of the leading comic actors of Vsevolod Meyerhold's company and of the Soviet cinema. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1977.
Garin was born in Ryazan as Erast Gerasimov. He started his acting career in 1919 in an amateur theatre of the Ryazan military district. In 1926 he finished his education in the experimental theatrical workshops of the People's Commissariat for Education. He always looked up upon Meyerhold and Michael Chekhov as his mentors, rejecting naturalistic acting techniques propagated by Konstantin Stanislavski and paying utmost importance to voice and gesture.Garin worked with Meyerhold in his theatre until its dissolution in 1936. Among his triumphs was the part of Khlestakov in the 1926 production of The Government Inspector. The trance-like quality of his "grotesquely anxious" performances in Meyerhold's productions could be attributed to an expressionistic acting style.Nikolay Akimov's Theatre of Comedy was the next theatre he worked in. In 1946 he gave up stage performances and concentrated on film acting. In 1941, he was awarded the Stalin Prize for the role of Tarakanov in the film Musical Story. Half-blindness prevented him from playing any major roles in the 1960s and 1970s.Together with his wife Khesya Lokshina he was director of several films, for which he also contributed scripts. They adapted Mikhail Zoshchenko's novel Respected Comrade in 1930. Garin's memoirs, entitled With Meyerhold, appeared in 1974. (in Russian) Biography
(in Russian) Filmography
(in Russian) Garin in the Encyclopedia of Saint Petersburg
Erast Garin at IMDb
Filmography
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Movies 68
Voice 7
Director 3
TV Shows 1
Profession: Film Actor (1980)
Робинзон Кузя (1978)
Пошехонская старина (1977)
Change a Dog for a Train (1975)
Nylon 100% (1973)
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
In the World of the Fables (1973)
Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day (1972)
If You Are a Man (1972)
Gentlemen of Fortune (1971)
Two Days of Wonders (1970)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1969)
The Return from Olympus (1969)
Half A Hour For Miracles (1968)
Elephant (1967)
Rasplyuev's Days of Fun (1966)
Where have I seen him? (1965)
Nargis (1965)
Лягушка-путешественница (1965)
Ordinary Wonder (1964)
Thumbelina (1964)
The Post (1964)
The Brave Tailor (1964)
A Little Frog is Looking For His Father (1964)
The Fisher Cat (1964)
Cain the XVIII-th (1963)
An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)
Unusual Town (1963)
The Piggy Bank (1963)
Daughter of the Sun (1963)
The Coin (1962)
The Wild Swans (1962)
Alyonka (1962)
Водяной (1962)
Valuable Kopeck (1961)
Family Chronicle (1961)
Cipollino (1961)
Russkiy Suvenir (1960)
It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (1960)
Шли солдаты (1959)
The Witch (1959)
Beloved Beauty (1959)
The Secret of the Far Away Island (1958)
Girl without an Address (1958)
Wishes Fulfillment (1957)
Verlioka (1957)
Girl in the Jungle (1956)
A Magic Saving Stick (1956)
The Twelve Months (1956)
Unfinished Story (1955)
Nesterka (1955)
Stepan the Sailor (1955)
The Enchanted Boy (1955)
Brothers Liu (1953)
The Magic Treasure (1950)
Meeting on the Elbe (1949)
Fedia Zaitsev (1948)
Pencil on Ice (1948)
Cinderella (1947)
Sinegoriya (1946)
Wedding (1944)
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (1944)
The Prince and the Pauper (1942)
Швейк готовится к бою (1942)
Musical Story (1940)
Doktor Kalyuzhnyy (1939)
Soviet Border (1938)
Женитьба (1936)
Lieutenant Kizhe (1934)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1902-11-10
Deathday1980-09-04 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceRyazan, Russia
CitizenshipsRussian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsErast Garin, Эраст Гарин, Эраст Павлович Гарин, Эраст Павлович Герасимов
AwardsStalin Prize, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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