Vsevolod Shilovsky

Vsevolod Nikolaevich Shilovsky (; 3 June 1938 – 26 November 2025) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and film director. In 1986, he was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR, the Order of Friendship in 1997, and the Order of Honor in 2015.

Life and career Shilovsky was born on 3 June 1938. His father, Nikolay Shilovsky, graduated from the Conservatory in composition and the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, led the factory was the chief of station Northeast Passage Tiksi and was a Member of the Great Patriotic War.

During the Great Patriotic War, Vsevolod with his mother was evacuated to Kazan; his mother worked in the aircraft engine plant. He graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (course of Alexander Karev). In 1961–1987, he worked at the Moscow Art Theatre. From 1987, he focused exclusively on the cinema; in some films, he participated as a director. He was the head of the acting studio in Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.

Shilovsky died on 26 November 2025, at the age of 87.

Family His wife Natalia Kipriyanovna Tsekhanovskaya, harpist. Son: Ilya Vsevolodovich Shilovsky (born 1970), a Russian director. Granddaughter: Aglaia Ilinichna Shilovskaya (1993), actress Son: Pavel Vsevolodovich Shilovsky (born 1974), a film producer.

Selected filmography 1965 – Our House (Наш дом) as bus passenger 1969 – Director (Директор) as Ptashkin 1972 – Day by Day (День за днём) as Zhora 1977 – Destiny (Судьба) as Hans 1977 – Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи) as Semyon Kholin 1981 – Waiting for Love (Любимая женщина механика Гаврилова) as Pasha 1982 – Golos (Голос) as Cameraman 1983 – Love by Request (Влюблён по собственному желанию) as Nikolai 1983 – Wartime Romance (Военно-полевой роман) as Grisha 1986 – The Life of Klim Samgin (Жизнь Клима Самгина) as Zaкhar Petrovich Berdnikov 1986 – Jaguar (Ягуар) as Major 1986 – The Prisoner of Château d'If (Узник замка Иф) as Gaspard Caderousse 1986 – How to Become Happy (Как стать счастливым) as editor-in-chief 1988 – Bright Personality (Светлая личность) as Abel Dobroglasov 1989 – Intergirl (Интердевочка) as Nikolay Platonovich Zaytsev 1999 – Kamenskaya (Каменская) as Colonel Pavlov 2005 – Popsa (Попса) as Efim Ilyich 2007 – Life Unawares (Жизнь врасплох) as Sidor Kamilovich 2011 – Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (Жила-была одна баба) as Holy Father Yeremey 2011 – The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Жизнь и приключения Мишки Япончика) as Lev Barsky 2015 – Song of Songs as Melamed