Background
He was born in Taganrog, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
He was born in Taganrog, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
In 1952 Zinovy Vysokovsky graduated with honors from the Chekhov Gymnasium.
In 1978 he was awarded the People"s Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. He went to Moscow with the intention to enter the Shchukin Drama School. He failed to be accepted and instead got an education in automation and space telemechanics at the Taganrog State University of Radioengineering. At the same time he kept trying to enter the Shchukin School and finally succeeded in 1957.
In 1961 Vysokovsky joined the troupe of the Moscow Miniature Theatre.
Vysokovsky earned popularity as an actor both on stage and screen. In the regular television program Kabachok 13 Stulyev (Small Restaurant ‘13 Chairs’) he played the part of Pan Zyuzya.
Vysokovsky also worked as a comedian in a number of solo programs.