Andrey myagkov

Born in the city then called Leningrad, today Saint Petersburg, on July 8, 1938, Andrey Vasilyevich Myagkov –his full name– was the son of Vasily Myagkov, a professor at the local Polytechnic University. As a young man Myagkov showed an interest in theater and acting, so he participated in a drama club in high school. Upon graduation, he chose to study chemistry at the Leningrad Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1961 as a chemical engineer. His first job was as a researcher at the Leningrad State Institute of Plastics. At the same time, Andrey Myagkov continued to act on the stage as an amateur actor. 

In 1961 he entered the Moscow Nemirovich-Danchenko Art Theater School. Later, Andrey Myagkov joined the Sovremennik Theater in Moscow, where he succeeded above all as the lead in “Uncle’s Dream”, a stage adaptation of the famous novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In movies he got his big break when director Elem Klimov offered him the lead role in the satirical film Adventures of a Dentist (1965), followed by another critically acclaimed Dostoevsky adaptation, The Brothers Karamazov (1969). In 1975 he gained enormous fame with the hit television comedy-drama  The Irony of Fate or Enjoy the Bath , in which he played a surgeon. He also intervened in titles like A Ruthless Romance  (1984),  Garazh  (1980) and  Love Story at Work  (1977).

In 1963 he married Anastasiya Voznesenskaya , also an actress, who worked with him in the aforementioned  Garazh ,  and has accompanied him until his death. “He is my one true love,” he declared in an interview. In the 1990s, Myagkov concentrated on theater performances and worked as a teacher at the Moscow Art Theater school. 

Myagkov played more than 50 film and television roles. In 1989, he made his directorial debut on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater with “Good night, mother.”