Learning and first successes
At the entrance examinations at VGIK, the commission found Yakovlev unsuitable for filming because of his appearance. But Yuri did not give up and in 1948 became a student of the Shchukin Theater School. In the first year, as it appears in the biography of Yakovlev, he was a drill-master in acting. On the second - a troechnik. But thanks to hard work and self-improvement, since 1952, Yuri Yakovlev entered the academic theater. Evg. Vakhtangov.
The first success came to the young actor Yakovlev in 1960, after he was able to brilliantly play the role of prince in the play, which was staged according to S. Marshak's fairy tale "Do not be afraid to be afraid of happiness". Soon, in the play "A play without a name" (written by A. P. Chekhov), Yuri Yakovlev elegantly and subtly played the role of Triletsky. During the 60-80-s their hour comes in the biography of the artist Yuri Yakovlev.
On the stage of the theater, the artist Yury Yakovlev played more than seventy roles, such as Calogero, the hero of Eduardo de Filippo's comedy The Great Magic, Casanova (Three Ages of Casanova), the court diplomat, the Duke of Bolingbroke (The Glass of Water) tragic Prokofiev ("Master's Lessons").
The last theatrical role of Yuri Yakovlev was in the famous performance of P. Fomenko entitled "Without guilt, guilty." His character is a charming Moscow nobleman, adoring the theater and artists. In this performance, the director made the most of the beautiful, musical voice of Yakovlev.
All-national love
People's favorite actor Yuri Yakovlev became thanks to a large screen. Debut role in Yuri Yakovlev's film - Chakhotkin in the film "On the stage of the stage." Then he played Lieutenant Dibich in the film "Unusual Summer". Thanks to a successful debut and an unusual actor's talent, the young film actor turned out to be in demand.
Actor Yakovlev has been acting in films since 1956, but his real success came to him in 1958, thanks to the brilliantly played role of Prince Myshkin in the film version of the Idiot, directed by Ivan Pyryev.
The biography of Yuri Yakovlev goes to a new stage with the beginning of cooperation with the director Eldar Ryazanov. For the first time Ryazanov actor starred in "The Man Out of Nowhere", but the all-encompassing spectator sympathies of Yuri Yakovlev brought the roles of Lieutenant Rzhevsky in "The Hussar Ballad" and Hippolyte in "The Irony of Fate, or With Easy Steam!".
Among the films of Yakovlev, the roles of Stiva Oblonsky in the film version of Anna Karenina, the director Alexander Zarkhi and Bryukhanov in the "Love of the Earth" and "Fate" dialogues, directed by Matveyev, are also noteworthy.
Among the most beloved moviegoers roles such as artist Yuri Yakovlev - two roles - Punch and Ivan the Terrible in Leonid Gaidai's comedy "Ivan Vasilievich changes profession." The work of the artist in the fantastic tape of George Danelia "Kin-dza-dza", in which Yakovlev starred along with Eugene Leonov and Stanislav Lyubshin, became one of the most memorable audience.
Yakovlev - an improviser actor, subject to emotional impulses. Emotional shades arise naturally, and are not invented by imagination; character of the character arises from the correctly perceived production of the dramatic work and the director's ideas. Julia Borisova compared it to a flying bird, which does not think about the flight mechanism, but simply acts naturally, giving joy to people.
Personal life
In his youth, Yury Yakovlev acquired a reputation as an outstanding ladies' man. As his biography notes, his first wife, a student of the medical institute Kira Machulskaya, he took her already, practically, her husband. Yakovlev and Machulskaya married in 1961, then they had a daughter, Alena. But suddenly Yuri became aware that he would soon have an illegitimate child. The mother of this child was an actress, daughter of the famous artist Raikin - Catherine, who was, in her time, married to Mikhail Derzhavin. Yuri and Catherine played together in the production of "Ladies and Hussars." Learning about the results of this novel, Yakovlev filed for divorce with Machulskaya and married Raikina.
It is noteworthy that this marriage was fleeting. After the birth of his son Alexei, the couple parted. Subsequently, Yuri Yakovlev started some more violent novels and eventually finally settled down.
The third wife of the artist Yakovlev was the director of the museum at the Vakhtangov Theater - Irina Leonidovna Sergeeva. In 1969, she gives birth to Anton's son. Yuri and Irina have been living in a happy marriage for forty years.
His eldest daughter, Alena, has been working productively in the Satire Theater for a long time, where she is the leading actress. It is noteworthy that she is a workaholic. He tries to play simultaneously in various productions, whether films or performances.
Son of the artist - Anton began his career as a theater director. His productions have a good success in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
From the hobbies of the artist can be distinguished reading, especially the work of Chekhov. Also, Yuri Yakovlev prefers classical music and loves walks around old Moscow. If he is resting in nature, he will not miss the chance to go picking mushrooms. Among sports hobbies of Yakovlev: hockey, football, gymnastics and figure skating.
In 1997, the literary work of Yuri Yakovlev "Album of my destiny" was published.