Yuri Nikulin

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf actor
clown
gptkbp:activeYears 51
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Soviet_cinema
gptkb:Moscow_Circus
gptkbp:awards gptkb:State_Prize_of_the_Russian_Federation
gptkb:People's_Artist_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:birthDate 1925-12-18
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Tashkent
gptkbp:burialPlace Tushino Cemetery
gptkbp:careerEnd 1997
gptkbp:careerStart 1946
gptkbp:children gptkb:Andrei_Nikulin
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Andrei_Konchalovsky
gptkb:Vladimir_Menshov
gptkb:Eldar_Ryazanov
gptkb:Leonid_Gaidai
gptkb:Mark_Zakharov
gptkbp:deathDate 1997-08-20
gptkbp:depictedIn documentaries
biographical films
gptkbp:education gptkb:Moscow_Circus_School
gptkbp:famousFor circus performances
comedy roles
gptkbp:famousQuote "Life is a circus, and we are all its clowns."
Laughter_is_the_best_medicine.
gptkbp:fanBase international audience
Soviet_citizens
gptkbp:filmography The_Circus
gptkbp:hobbies fishing
painting
music
reading
traveling
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yuri Nikulin
gptkbp:influence gptkb:Soviet_theater
Russian_comedy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Vladimir_Mayakovsky
gptkb:Mikhail_Shchepkin
gptkbp:influenceOn Russian_film_industry
Soviet_pop_culture
gptkbp:involved gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:knownFor humor
satire
gptkbp:legacy cultural icon
inspiration for comedians
gptkbp:nationality Soviet
gptkbp:nickname Yura
gptkbp:notableWork The Twelve Chairs
The Diamond Arm
The Straw Hat
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:produces gptkb:The_Straw_Hat_(1994)
gptkbp:role screenwriter
director
producer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Tatiana_Nikulina