Vsevolod Shilovsky


Vsevolod Nikolaevich Shilovsky was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and film director. In 1986, he was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR, the Order of Friendship in 1997, and the Order of Honor in 2015.

Life and career

Shilovsky was born on 3 June 1938. His father, Nikolay Shilovsky, graduated from the Conservatory in composition and the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, led the factory was the chief of station Northeast Passage Tiksi and was a Member of the Great Patriotic War.
During the Great Patriotic War, Vsevolod with his mother was evacuated to Kazan; his mother worked in the aircraft engine plant. He graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School. In 1961–1987, he worked at the Moscow Art Theatre. From 1987, he focused exclusively on the cinema; in some films, he participated as a director. He was the head of the acting studio in Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
Shilovsky died on 26 November 2025, at the age of 87.

Family

  • His wife Natalia Kipriyanovna Tsekhanovskaya, harpist.
  • * Son: Ilya Vsevolodovich Shilovsky, a Russian director. Granddaughter: Aglaia Ilinichna Shilovskaya, actress
  • * Son: Pavel Vsevolodovich Shilovsky, a film producer.

Selected filmography