Victor Kostetskiy

Kosteskiy was born in Zhmerinka. He lived in St. Petersburg. He Spent eighteen months in the graphic arts department of the Herzen Pedagogical Institute. In 1965 he graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (course Boris Zone).

Between 1965 and 1972 he was a Leningrad theater actor. Lenin Komsomol, (from then and until 198 the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy). He then joined the main cast of Drama Theater Pushkin, leaving the service in 2008. In his last years he only played in antrepriznyh theater productions Comedians Ligovsky.

Of the films Kostetskiy appeared in towards the end of his life, the most famous roles were in films directed by Vladimir Vorobyov: Including, Wedding Krechinsky, Truffaldino from Bergamo and Treasure Island. He also often participated in the duplication and dubbing of foreign and animated films.

From 1990 until his death in 2014 he was a lecturer at the Department of Musical Comedy, Head of the Department of stage movement and speech at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

He was made an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1978 and awarded the St. Petersburg theatrical prize Golden Soffit for the role of Dr. Dorn in the premiere performance Notebooks of Trigorin of Theatre Comedians (interpretation of Chekhov's play The Seagull). Nominated of Best Actor.[1]

He was twice married, has two daughters from different marriages and three grandchildren.

Kostetskiy died on 6 November 2014 at the age of 74.[2]

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