Zinovy Gerdt

Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich (21 September 191618 November 1996), known by the pseudonym Zinovy Yefimovich Gerdt, was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.

Biography Early life and education Gerdt was born Zalman Afroimovich Khrapinovich on 21 September 1916 in the city of Sebezh in the Pskov Oblast. His father, Afroim Yakovlevich Khrapinovich, worked for some time in a fabrics shop as a clerk, and later as a salesman. His mother, Rakhil Isaakovna, was a housewife.

Subsequently, TRAM was transformed into the theatrical studio of Aleksei Arbuzov and Valentin Pluchek.

Career In 1945–1982, Gerdt was in the troupe of the Central Puppet Theater under the leadership of Sergei Obraztsov. He voiced many characters, the most famous one was the entertainer in An Unusual Concert. He performed the role of the entertainer in different countries using the local language and was so convincing that the audiences always believed that the actor knew their language fluently: Gerdt perfectly mastered the art of onomatopoeia.

In 2001, the first edition of the book "Zyama – it's Gerdt!" was published, in which Gerdt is remembered by Eldar Ryazanov, Eduard Uspensky, Pyotr Todorovsky, Arkady Arkanov, Grigori Gorin, Viktor Shenderovich and others. The authors of the book are Tatyana Pravdina and Yakov Groisman. condemned the book as a composition of unduly attributed and inaccurate texts.

Honours and awards Order of the Red Star (1947) Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1959) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969) Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1985) People's Artist of the USSR (1990) Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1996) Award Kinotavr in nomination "The Prize of the Presidential Council for the creative career" (1996)

Filmography

1961: 20,000 Leagues Across the Land as Narrator (voice) 1962: Nine Days in One Year as Narrator (voice) 1962: Seven Nannies as Shamsky 1962: The Story of a Crime (Short) as Narrator (voice) 1966: The City of Masters as Artist 1966: Year as Long as Life as Bornstedt 1968: Magician as Viktor Kukushkin 1968: The Golden Calf as Mikhail Samuelevich Panikovsky 1968: Zigzag of Success as Narrator (voice) 1970: Two Days of Miracles as Narrator (voice) 1971: Shadow as Finance minister 1972: Happy Go Lucky as 2nd professor 1972: Taming of the Fire as Arthur Matveevich Kartashov, lecturer 1972: Dauria as Tsarist General Semenov 1972: Ilf and Petrov Rode a Tram as Captain Mazuchcho, animal trainer 1974: The Straw Hat (TV Mini-Series) as monsieur Tardivo 1974: Adventures in a City that does not Exist as Counsellor (voice) 1975: The Flight of Mr. McKinley as Mr. McKinley (voice) 1976-1979: Adventures of Captain Wrongel (TV Series) as Captain Christopher Bonifatievich Wrongel (voice) 1977: The Twelve Chairs (TV miniseries) as Narrator (voice) 1977: Practical Joke as Karl Yolikov 1977: The Key That Should Not Be Handed On as Oleg Trigorievich 1979: The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (TV Mini-Series) as Mikhail Mikhailovich Bomze 1979: Three Men in a Boat (TV Movie) as Grave keeper 1980: The Wife Has Left as Sosed 1980: Rafferty as Alex Resser (voice) 1981: Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (TV Movie) as Lev Pertsovsky as dealer of parrots 1982: Fairy tales... fairy tales... fairy tales of the old Arbat as Christopher 1982: The Donkey's Hide as poet Orevuar 1983: Boys as associated judge 1983: Wartime Romance as Cinema Administrator 1983: Mary Poppins, Goodbye (TV Movie) as Admiral Boom 1985: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit as Professor J. R. R. Tolkien's voice 1989: Intergirl as Boris Semyonovich 1989: The Drayman and the King as Arie Leib 1991: Lost in Siberia as Levenson 1993: Me Ivan, You Abraham as Zalman 1994: Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin as Moisei Stalin 1997: War is Over. Please Forget... as actor