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Vladimir Vysotsky
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 42
Also known as Vladimir Vysotskiy, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, В. Высоцкий, V. Vysotskiy, Vladimir Semyonovitch VysotskiyGenderMaleNationalitySoviet UnionBorn25/01/1938Born inMoscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]Died25/07/1980 (aged 42)Died inMoscowCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ512 ↗Buried atVagankovo CemeteryTMDb#1190055 ↗

Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky was a Soviet singer, songwriter, poet and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which featured social and political commentary in often-humorous street jargon. He was also a prominent stage- and screen-actor.

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Filmography14 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2016Legends of CinemaSeriesSelf (archive footage)78
2015The End of a Beautiful EpochMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)77
1980Little TragediesSeriesDon Juan42
1979The Meeting Place Cannot Be ChangedSeriesGleb Zheglov41
1979The Meeting Place Cannot Be ChangedMovieGleb Zheglov41
1978The Two of ThemMovie—40
1976Tale About Czar Pyotr Arranging Arap's WeddingMovieIbrahim Gannibal38
1975The Only RoadMovieŠofer Šolodov37
1968Two Comrades Were ServingMovieAleksandr Brusentsov30
1968InterventionMovieМишель, он же "товарищ Воронов", товарищ Степан, настоящее имя Андрей Жарков, партийное - "Евгений Бродский"30
1967Brief EncountersMovieMaxim29
1967Sasha-SashenkaMovieпевец с гитарой29
1966I Come From My ChildhoodMovieтанкист Володя28
1964The Alive and the DeadMoviecheerful soldier (uncredited)26