In the biography of Andrei Mironov, everything began as simply as in the history of any person. He was born into a family of actor and actress. Perhaps, thanks to this, the life and biography of Andrei were, in their own way, predetermined. Andrei's father was Alexander Menaker. He was both an actor and a director. Well, Mironov's mother, actress Maria Mironova, after whom he named one of his daughters, graduated from the Lunacharsky Theater College and also performed on stage. Andrew's parents met on stage and turned into a wonderful duo and a wonderful couple. By the way, Mironov's mother played the theater until the last day. And her birth began almost on stage. So, you can say that this person's biography started on the stage.
Andrei was born on March 7th, but his parents decided to write his eighth, on a holiday, like a real gift for mom. And other women.
Andrew was born in the same year when the war began. Therefore, the theater was evacuated. During the evacuation, the boy became very sick with tropical fever. Mother worried about him, and the wife of the pilot Gromov helped with medicines. Thanks to the common efforts, the mother's love and the inner strength of the boy, the future actor survived.
When Andrew went to first grade, parents were advised to change his name to the name of his mother. Times were turbulent at that time. That's how Andrei became Mironov.
Rose future actor as the most ordinary child. He liked to play football, he was notable for leadership skills, he did not like exact sciences. And he was also very clean. If not for this cleanliness, then we could see Mironov in the crowd in 1952. Then he got on the shooting of the film "Sadko", but he could not put a tattered rake on his naked body. For this guy immediately removed from the set.
Andrew always loved the theater very much. From childhood, he was familiar with famous actors and actresses. When the boy was at school, he went to a theater studio, organized by the class teacher of the guy - Nadezhda Panfilova. The first role that Andrei performed on stage was the role of Khlestakov in the "Inspector". Agree, for the first role it is very, very good. When Mironov graduated from the school, there was no need to think about choosing a profession. He immediately submitted documents to the Shchukin School. By the way, nobody knew in the commission that he was the son of actors. Moreover, the first audition was unsuccessful. But, nevertheless, Andrew put all his strength and still passed the exams perfectly. The guy was enrolled in the first year, which was incredibly happy and the parents, and he himself. By the way, it is worth noting that in his youth Mironov was not so handsome as we used to see him on the screens. Andrei had problems with the skin, excess weight. It was difficult to call it the best on the course. In general, Andrew took only his perseverance and diligence. He really wanted to learn everything and tried his best. In Andrey there was a vanity. He wanted to achieve and achieved his goal.
Accurate, well-dressed, went only by taxi - so Mironov remember his classmates. While studying at the school, Andrei never wanted to appear in extras. This distinguished him from other students, as everyone tried to light up. For Mironov this was not something special and necessary. In addition, the administration of the school was rather negative about the fact that the students were shot in films. But, in the end, Andrew still got on the set. He played a small role in the film "And if love." This first experience of filming for the big screen opened a new world for Andrei. It was there that he realized how to be a real actor and finally became convinced that he had rightly chosen his own way of life.
After graduation Andrei wanted very much to join the Vakhtangov troupe. In the end, the guy long chose between other theaters and stopped at the Theater of Satire. Initially, Andrei was not sure if he really wanted to serve in this theater. But, only he began to play, as he realized that he was attracted to theatrical popularity. All his roles are popular with the public. He is noticed, theater critics write about him, they speak about him on the street.
In the seventies Andrei became not only a theatrical star, but also a big screen star. Mostly he played in comedies. At first it was the movie "Three plus two", then "Beware of the car". By the way, in this film Mironov's role was rather flat and uninteresting. But he was able to play so that all the audience remember his character.
But, undoubtedly, the actor's favorite of the public was the role of the charming adventurer Gena Kazadoyev in "The Diamond Arm". By the way, Mironov himself always worried because such a comedy role was the best for the audience. But in this picture, Andrei sang for the first time. And in this it was necessary to thank Nikulin. It was he who insisted that Gaidai let Andrei sing himself and included this song in the plot. After the Diamond Arm Mironov sang in many films.
But this did not bring the actor great joy. He wanted to play with Mikhalkov and Tarkovsky, wanted to get serious roles, and everyone saw him as only a comedic adventurer.
Speaking about his personal life, his marriage to Catherine Gradova was a marriage of love. But, nevertheless, the young people could not get along together and soon dispersed. But they have a daughter Masha.
The last ten years, Mironov was very sick. He was removed lymph nodes, diagnosed with meningitis, and then the actor had a cerebral hemorrhage. But while he was constantly playing. Tired, sad, he appeared in the frame and on stage and no one knew what was really with him. His last film was "Man from the Boulevard des Capucines." And he collected more spectators than the Diamond Arm. Probably, Mironov would be unspeakably happy about this. Had to live.
Actor was almost born on stage. And there he practically died. August 14, 1987 during the play "The Marriage of Figaro" Andrew became ill. He was taken to the hospital, fought for life for two days. But they did not save us. On August 16, this great man and talent died of a vast hemorrhage to the brain.