RIP Anatoly Yelizarov

The Mime And Actor Anatoly Yelizarov Died In Moscow At The Age Of 80. He Was Called The “Russian Marcel Marceau” 

The Eastern Herald

May 10, 2023

 

Honored artist of Russia, the master of pantomime Anatoly Yelizarov was found dead in his apartment in Moscow. On this subject informed TASS in reference to emergency services.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, Yelizarov stopped contacting his relatives. On May 8, experts opened the door to the artist’s apartment and found him dead. According to preliminary data, he died of cardiovascular failure. Yelizarov was 80 years old.

Anatoly Yelizarov was born on February 16, 1943, in Leningrad. From the age of 13, he studied the art of pantomime in the Mime studio of the famous circus artist Rudolf Slavsky. Since the 1960s, the artist began to tour in the USSR and abroad. The Soviet and foreign press compares him to the master of French mime Marcel Marceau.

Yelizarov was a laureate of international competitions and festivals, taught at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts (RATI), Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center, Boris Shchukin Theater Institute, State University all-Russian cinematographer named SA Gerasimov (VGIK), gave master classes in Russia and abroad.

Yelizarov also starred in the films “Aibolit-66” by Rolan Bykov, “Completely Lost” by Georgy Danelia, “The Sun, Again the Sun” by Svetlana Druzhinina, “The Crew” by Alexander Mitta, “The Imaginary Sick” by Leonid Nechaev.

YELIZAROV, Anatoly

Born: 2/16/1943, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R.

Died: 5/8/2023, Moscow, Russia

 

Anatoly Yelizarov’s western – actor:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – 1973 (Man with top hat and cane)