Mikhail Rumyantsev
Acting
December 8, 1901
Died March 31, 1983 (81 years old)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
10
Acting Credits
Biography
Mikhail Nikolayevich Rumyantsev (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Румя́нцев) (10 December 1901 – 31 March 1983), better known under his stage name Karandash (Russian: Каранда́ш which means pencil), was a famous Soviet clown. He was a People's Artist of the USSR and a Hero of Socialist Labour, and was the teacher of the famous Russian clowns Oleg Popov and Yuri Nikulin. Starting his career in the circus arena as the imitator of Charlie Chaplin, Mikhail Rumyantsev then abandoned it for, or rather, tran...
Known For
Filmography
Legends of Cinema
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Parad-Alle
1971
Karandash on Ice
1948
as clown Karandash
Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor
1944
as Italian
6.3
Concert for the Front
1942
as Karandash the Clown
10
The Old Courtyard
1941
as Синичкин
High Award
1939
as клоун в цирке (нет в титрах)
9
A Girl with Character
1939
as официант в вагоне-ресторане
5.3
The New Moscow
1938
as Карандаш (нет в титрах)
5.8
The New Moscow
1938
5.8