Rostislav Yankovsky

Rostislav Yankovsky
PAU
Yankovsky in 2008
Born Расьціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі
Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky
5 February 1930
Odessa, Ukraine
Died 26 June 2016(2016-06-26) (aged 86)
Minsk, Belarus
Relatives Oleg Yankovsky
(brother)
Igor Yankovsky
(son)
Awards People's Artist of the USSR
(1978)

Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky[1] (Belarusian: Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі, Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский;[1] 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odessa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad[2] and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951. Since 1957, he worked in the Minsk Drama Theatre. Yankovsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1978. He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky.[1] His son Igor Yankovsky is also an actor. In 1994 he became the Chairman of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.

He died in Minsk on 26 June 2016 in Minsk, Belarus, aged 86.[3][4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1968 Two Comrades Were Serving Hon. George d'Alroy
1970 Waterloo Flahaut
1984 Copper Angel Leo, the carpenter
1984 Time and the Conways Gerald Thornton
1985 Battle of Moscow General Vasily Smirnov
1986 Pryzhok
1986 The Dolphin's Cry minister
1991 Prizrak Konstantin Grigoryevich
1992 Bezumnoy strastyu ty sama ko mne pylayesh Vladimir Frantsevich
1992 Solnechnyy den v kontse leta Professor short
1997 A Friend of the Deceased Igor Lvovich
2005 The State Counsellor General Khrapov

Honours and awards

Belarus
  • Order of Francisc Skorina (2000)
  • Skorina Medal (1995)
  • State Prize of the Republic of Belarus (1998)
  • Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Minsk (2000)
  • Award "For Spiritual Revival" (2003)
  • Award Theatre Forum "Golden Knight" (For outstanding contribution to the performing arts) (2005)
Soviet Union
Russia

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ростислав Янковский" [Rostislav Yankovsky] (in Russian).
  2. ↑ Умер брат Олега Янковского. Биография
  3. ↑ В Минске умер белорусский актер Ростислав Янковский
  4. ↑ Belarusian actor Rostislav Yankovsky passes away aged 86

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