Background
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny was born on November 30, 1934 in Tula.
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny was born on November 30, 1934 in Tula.
Art Theatre School at the Moscow Art Theater.
He worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1959 until his death. After graduating in 1954 from high school Vyacheslav tried to join the school-studio of Moscow Arts Theater, but failed the examinations. After failure, he did not leave a dream to become an actor.
Instead, he got employed in the Tula Theatre for Young Spectators as a supporting actor.
In 1955, Nevinny again takes an examination in the school-studio of Moscow Arts Theater. At this time the attempt was successful.
After graduation in 1959 (Viktor Stanitsyn"s course), Vyacheslav becomes an actor. He participated in many performances, such as: The Government Inspector (as Khlestakov), Ivanov (as Borkin), The Seagull (as Shamraev), Uncle Vanya (as Telegin), The Cherry Orchard (as Epikhodov), Woe from Wit (as Famusov), et cetera
In 1960, Nevinny made his debut in cinema as a policeman in the movie The Probationary Period.
After his first role, Nevinny played in several other movies, The Chairman (as young peasant) and Ruslan and Ludmila (as Farlaf). Vyacheslav Nevinny also played in famous comedy The Garage and (Ne mozhet byt"!). In 1984, Nevinny played the role of Sobakevich in Dead Souls.
In the same year, he took part in the popular children sci-fi television-series Guests from the Future as Veselchak U (lit Jolly Manitoba U).
Yevgeni Gerasimov’s comedy Do Not Marry, Girls (Ne khodite, devki, zamuzh) (1985), in which Nevinny played one of the leads, was very popular with the viewers, as well as his roles in Eldar Ryazanov’s comedy Beware of the Carolina (Beregis avtomobilya) (1966) and The Promised Land (Nebesa obetovannye) (1991). One of Nevinny"s last remarkable film roles was the remake of the famous Italian film Cops and Robbers (Politseiskiye i vory) (1997) by director Nikolai Dostal.
Lots of popular Russian animation characters speak in Nevinny"s voice. Foreign many years, Nevinny suffered from diabetes, which grew worse and worse.
In 2003 he was taken to a hospital and had to spend a whole year there.
In 2005, Nevinny underwent major surgery. Nevinny"s left foot was amputated because of gangrene. In 2006, his second foot was amputated, as the illness progressed.
Nevinny died at the age of 74 on 31 May 2009.
President Nevinny was buried on 3 June 2009 in Moscow"s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. Hedgehog in the Fog Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1967).