Zinoviy Vysokovskiy
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Zinovy Moiseevich Vysokovsky (28 November 1932 – 3 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian theater and movie actor and variety performer. In 1978 he was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR. He was born in Taganrog
Taganrog
Taganrog is a seaport city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: -History of Taganrog:...

, USSR.

Biography

In 1952 Zinovy Vysokovsky graduated with honors from the Chekhov Gymnasium
Chekhov Gymnasium
The Chekhov Gymnasium in Taganrog on Ulitsa Oktyabrskaya 9 is the oldest gymnasium in the South of Russia. Playwright and short-story writer Anton Chekhov spent 11 years in the school, which was later named after him and transformed into a literary museum...

. He went to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 with the intention to enter the Shchukin Drama School. He failed to be accepted and instead got an education in automation and space telemechanics at the Taganrog State University of Radioengineering. At the same time he kept trying to enter the Shchukin School and finally succeeded in 1957.

In 1961 Vysokovsky joined the troupe of the Moscow Miniature Theatre.

Vysokovsky earned popularity as an actor both on stage and screen. In the regular television program Kabachok 13 Stulyev  (Small Restaurant ‘13 Chairs’) he played the part of Pan Zyuzya. Vysokovsky also worked as a comedian in a number of solo programs.

Filmography

  • 1964 – The Alive and the Dead
    The Alive and the Dead
    The Alive and the Dead is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Stolper based on the eponymous novel by Konstantin Simonov.-Cast:* Kirill Lavrov - Ivan Sinzov* Viktor Avdyushko* Anatoli Papanov - General Serpilin* Aleksei Glazyrin - Malinin...

     – Mishka
  • 1965 – “The Friends through the Years”
  • 1968 – “One More Time about Love”
  • 1969 – “Small Restaurant '13 Chairs'” – Pan Zyuzya
  • 1974 – “The Marriage of Figaro” – Bartolo
  • 1975 – “Small Comedies of the Big House”
  • 1982 – “Through the Looking Glass”
  • 2006 – “The Soviet Park”

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