All Soviet fathers dreamed of slapping a glass with Roman Filippov, he was the main Santa Claus of the country. Bashny.Net

Soviet theater and film actors They deserve respect and still admire the audience. Countless films shot in the USSR became cult. We're in the newsroom. "Site" We often review our favorite movies. But more often we tell you about the lives of legendary actors of the past. So today we will tell you the story of the favorite of millions Roman Filippov. It'll be interesting!



Soviet theater and film actors Roman Filippov was born into an acting family. His fragile mother did not survive the birth of the future hero and died. For several years the boy was raised by his grandmother. And when his father married again, he moved with his son to the city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod).

We mentioned the hero for a reason. Already at the age of 17, the height of Roman was 193 cm, and he weighed about 100 kg. The guy knew that with such data he should go to the actors. In addition, he was noticed by actress Vera Pashennaya, who came to Gorky in search of talented children.





The woman noted not only the appearance of Roman, but also his unique voice. Later it is because of the chest and low voice of the actor will be called Chaliapin. In general, the actress advised Filippov to enter the theater after graduation. And he gladly followed her advice.

The novel entered the Higher Theater School named after M. S. Shchepkin on the course of the same Vera Pashenna. He studied with Yuri Solomin, Viktor Bortsov, Alexei Eibozhenko, who became not only famous Soviet actors, but also Filippov’s best friends.





After graduating from school, the actor began to play on the stage of the Maly Theater. But after 3 years, the main director of the theater Mikhail Tsarev fired him. Filippov was not one of those who was ready to unconditionally do everything he was told. Tsarev was not one of those who would tolerate it.

After his dismissal, the actor tried his hand at 2 more capital theaters, and then unexpectedly for everyone left for Minsk. Filippova brought work and love to Belarus. At that time, Roman began to be invited to act in films. On the set of “Man does not give up” he met his future wife Catherine, who worked there assistant. Since she could not move to Moscow, Filippov himself decided to change her place of residence.





Roman married Catherine and began working at the Yanka Kupala Minsk Theatre. To play on stage, the actor had to learn Belarusian. But it was so easy for him that a month later he became the leading actor of the capital theater of Belarus. Speaking of languages. Over the years of his career, Filippov managed to master Polish, German, English and Ukrainian languages.

While Roman and his family lived in Minsk, he managed to star in several successful films. For example, in “Three Fat Men”, “City of Masters”, “Diamond Hand” and the film “In Russia”.





In 1969, the actor returned to Moscow and to the stage of the Maly Theatre. Theatrical and film roles fell on the actor one after another. But no one knew about the main role of Filippov for a long time. For 20 years he played Santa Claus on the stage of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Roman Sergeevich worked for a month: from December 10 to January 10. Because of this, he had to postpone filming in cinema and theater.

Although this work was very exhausting, it was thanks to her that Filipova fell in love with the whole country. All year the children dreamed of meeting their beloved Santa Claus, and their fathers tried to intercept the actor on the way to the Kremlin Palace to have a drink with him.

Soviet actors of theater and cinema were able to surprise. Possessing a linguistic gift, Roman Filippov also played chess and billiards professionally. He also wrote beautiful poems.





The actor was the soul of any company and loved to hang out. He thought little about his health. Unfortunately, this led to a rather rapid death. The legendary Roman Filippov died when he was only 56 years old. But it will forever live in the memory of millions of grateful viewers!