Anatoly Papanov (1922-1987) was a Soviet theater and film actor, theater teacher and film director, People's Artist of the USSR (1973), a participant in the Great Patriotic War.
In 1943, he entered the second year of the actor's faculty of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS). He studied at the workshop under the supervision of Vasily and Maria Orlovs, artists of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater of the USSR.
From 1946 to 1948, he performed at the Klaipeda Russian Drama Theater, where his first role was Sergey Tyulenin in the Young Guard play. In 1948, he moved to the Moscow Theater of Satire at the suggestion of its stage director Andrei Goncharov, where he played for nearly 40 years, having created 50 characters. Some of the performances were recorded for TV, including The Inspector General, The Nest of the Wood Grouse, and Little Comedies of the Big House.
He made his debut in a big cinema role in 1961, in eccentric comedy The Man from Nowhere by Eldar Ryazanov. However, the real breakthrough in Anatoly Papanov's film career was an invitation three years later from film director Alexander Stolper to star as General Serpilin in the film adaptation of Konstantin Simonov's novel The Living and the Dead. Papanov was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR and the main prize at the First All-Union Film Festival.
In total, Papanov participated in the production of more than 70 films and provided the voice for about 100 animated films, including that of a the Wolf from the Nu, pogodi! (Well, Just You Wait!) animated film series. He gave classes at the GITIS.
The commemorative stamp features a portrait of Anatoly Papanov; the main illustration provides a still from the Belorussky Vokzal (Belorussian Station) film (Mosfilm, 1970).
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the postal card |
Edition |
| Letter “B” |
Chalk surfaced |
Offset |
105 × 148 mm |
6 thousand postcards |