ACTOR

Vasily Lanovoy

1934 - 2021

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Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (Russian: Василий Семёнович Лановой; Ukrainian: Василь Семенович Лановий, romanized: Vasyl Semenovych Lanovyi; 16 January 1934 – 28 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actor who worked in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. He was also known as the President of Artek Festival of Films for Children. Lanovoy's honours include the KGB Prize, the Lenin Prize, and the title of People's Artist of the USSR. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Lanovoy has received more than 135,878 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Vasily Lanovoy is the 2,205th most popular actor (down from 2,154th in 2019), the 1,038th most popular biography from Russia (down from 979th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Actor.

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  • 140k

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  • 53.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vasily Lanovoy ranks 2,205 out of 13,578. Before him are Rishi Kapoor, Demián Bichir, Milena Vukotic, Brigitte Lin, Frank Finlay, and Richard Beymer. After him are Paul Gleason, Eric Tsang, René Auberjonois, Angelique Rockas, Simonetta Stefanelli, and Marshall Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Vasily Lanovoy ranks 183. Before him are Pierre Barouh, Lau Kar-leung, Eddie Fenech Adami, Gino Paoli, Del Shannon, and Frans Brüggen. After him are Peter Berling, Sarah Kofman, Carel Godin de Beaufort, Raina Kabaivanska, Rudi Carrell, and Dave Grusin. Among people deceased in 2021, Vasily Lanovoy ranks 202. Before him are Etel Adnan, Cicely Tyson, Benoît Sokal, Jovenel Moïse, Anerood Jugnauth, and Françoise Arnoul. After him are Alan Lancaster, Hugo Maradona, Carmen Salinas, Kamal Ganzouri, Jean-Pierre Adams, and Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Lanovoy ranks 1,038 out of 3,761. Before him are Matvey Blanter (1903), Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky (1809), Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev (1895), Duke Peter of Oldenburg (1812), Stanislav Cherchesov (1963), and Natalia Gutman (1942). After him are Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1878), Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1866), and Denis Davydov (1784).

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Among ACTORS In Russia

Among actors born in Russia, Vasily Lanovoy ranks 35. Before him are Andrey Myagkov (1938), Nikolay Cherkasov (1903), Aleksandr Demyanenko (1937), Georgy Vitsin (1917), Olga Baclanova (1893), and Oleg Yefremov (1927). After him are Ludmila Savelyeva (1942), Yuliya Solntseva (1901), Mikhail Boyarsky (1949), Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946), Savely Kramarov (1934), and Viktor Sukhorukov (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

Solaris
Kris Kelvin joins the space station orbiting the planet Solaris, only to find its two crew members plagued by "phantoms," creations of Solaris. Kelvin is soon confronted with his own phantom, taking the shape of his dead wife Hari.
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Officers
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Two friends are army officers, and the turbulent times throw them from the Civil War in the early 20s to the Soviet conflict in Finland, from China to the Urals.
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Scarlet Sails
Arthur Grey
A little girl Assol met a wizard and it has been foretold: "... it will be a fine sunny day when a beautiful ship under scarlet sail comes and the noble prince will take you away from here. He'll take you to the world of your dreams, where you will be loved and happy." The neighbours told jokes about her, children teased her, but she waited for her prince. She trusted in the miracles and waited. Arthur Gray's rule was "if you can make a miracle, do it!". And he made a miracle for the wonderful romantic girl.
Jun 7th 19616.25 / 10