Rostislav Yankovsky Explained

Rostislav Yankovsky
Birth Name:Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі
Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky
Birth Place:Odesa, Ukraine
Birth Date:5 February 1930
Death Place:Minsk, Belarus
Awards:People's Artist of the USSR
(1978)
Relatives:Oleg Yankovsky
(brother)
Igor Yankovsky
(son)

Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky[1] (Belarusian: Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі; ; Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский; 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odesa 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. His son Igor Yankovsky is also an actor. In 1994 he became the Chairman of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.[3]

He died in Minsk on 26 June 2016 in Minsk, Belarus, aged 86.[4] [5]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1958Happiness Must Be РrotectedConfereeUncredited
1958Red LeavesViktor
1960LullabyofficerUncredited
1968Two Comrades Were ServingHon. George d'Alroy
1968KarantinCommittee-Man
1970WaterlooFlahaut
1970I, Francisk Skaryna...Ivan Skorina
1972Sea on FireNikolai Mikhailovich Kulakov
1973Land, on DemandAguirre
1984Meeting at the End of WinterSemyon Petrovich
1984Time and the ConwaysGerald Thornton
1984Copper AngelLeo, the carpenter
1985Cancan in an English РarkDaniil Robak (Torchinsky)
1985Battle of MoscowGeneral Vasily Smirnov
1986The BounceDemin
1986Race of the CenturyStanley Best
1986Don't Forget to Turn Off the TVMikhail Mikhailovich
1986The Dolphin's Cryminister
1990Man from the Black VolgaAntonov
1990Eternal HusbandFedosey Petrovich Zakhlebinin
1991Adam's RibViktor Vitalievich
1991GhostKonstantin Grigoryevich
1991Forgive Us, Stepmother RussiaColonel Steblin
1992You Yourself Burn with Mad Рassion for MeVladimir Frantsevich
1992Sunny Day at the End of SummerрrofessorShort
1993AnomalyGeneral
1996Love in Russian 2Yarosevich
1997A Friend of the DeceasedIgor Lvovich
2005The State CounsellorGeneral Khrapov

Honours and awards

Belarus
Soviet Union
Russia

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ростислав Янковский. Rostislav Yankovsky. Russian.
  2. http://www.teleobektiv.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31804:2015-05-25-10-10-54&catid=93:2011-01-02-02-00-23&Itemid=111 Умер брат Олега Янковского. Биография
  3. https://ctv.by/kinofestival-stal-chastyu-zhizni-kak-yankovskomu-udalos-sozdat-i-organizovat-kinofestival-listapad Кинофестиваль стал частью жизни. Как Янковскому удалось создать и организовать кинофестиваль «Лістапад»
  4. http://www.kp.ru/online/news/2433324/ В Минске умер белорусский актер Ростислав Янковский
  5. http://en.ctv.by/en/1467010246-belarusian-actor-rostislav-yankovsky-passes-away-aged-86 Belarusian actor Rostislav Yankovsky passes away aged 86