Born in Moscow in an acting family Honored Artist of the RSFSR 11271981 Peoples Artist of the RSFSR 04181988 His grandfather Nikolai Livanov stage name Izvolsky was an actor at first in provincial then metropolitan theaters Father Boris Nikolaevich Livanov 19041972 is an outstanding actor who played about 40 roles in the Art Theater and 30 in the cinema Frequent guests in the house of the Livanovs were Kachalov Pasternak Dovzhenko Cherkasov Tarkhanov Konchalovsky He studied at the mens school number 170 then from 1950 to 1954 at the Moscow secondary art school After graduating from art school he entered the BVSchukin Theater School In addition to mastering the intricacies of acting he tried his hand at directing he put Yuri Olesha thesis on the studio stage of Three Fat Men and designed the performance himself The music for the play was written by Gennady Gladkov a classmate and schoolmate and in the future a wonderful composer coauthor of V B Livanov for many works in film theater and animation
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