Vsevolod Nikolaevich Shilovsky (Russian: Все́волод Никола́евич Шило́вский; 3 June 1938 – 26 November 2025) 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.
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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 (course of Alexander Karev). 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 (born 1970), a Russian director. Granddaughter: Aglaia Ilinichna Shilovskaya (1993), actress
Son: Pavel Vsevolodovich Shilovsky (born 1974), a film producer.
Selected filmography
1965 – Our House (Наш дом) as bus passenger
1969 – Director (Директор) as Ptashkin
1972 – Day by Day (День за днём) as Zhora
1977 – Destiny (Судьба) as Hans
1977 – Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи) as Semyon Kholin
1981 – Waiting for Love (Любимая женщина механика Гаврилова) as Pasha
1982 – Golos (Голос) as Cameraman
1983 – Love by Request (Влюблён по собственному желанию) as Nikolai
1983 – Wartime Romance (Военно-полевой роман) as Grisha
1986 – The Life of Klim Samgin (Жизнь Клима Самгина) as Zaкhar Petrovich Berdnikov
1986 – Jaguar (Ягуар) as Major
1986 – The Prisoner of Château d'If (Узник замка Иф) as Gaspard Caderousse
1986 – How to Become Happy (Как стать счастливым) as editor-in-chief
1988 – Bright Personality (Светлая личность) as Abel Dobroglasov
1989 – Intergirl (Интердевочка) as Nikolay Platonovich Zaytsev
1999 – Kamenskaya (Каменская) as Colonel Pavlov