Roman Kartsev | |
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 Roman Kartsev in 2011 | |
| Born | Roman Antshelevich Katz 20 May 1939 Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 2 October 2018 (aged 79) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, humorist |
| Years active | 1960–2018 |
| Spouse | Viktoria Kassinskaya |
| Awards | People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999) |
Roman Andreyevich Kartsev (Russian: Рома́н Андре́евич Ка́рцев, born Roman Antshelevich Katz (Russian: Рома́н А́ншелевич Кац);[1][2] 20 May 1939 – 2 October 2018) was a Russian entertainer of stage, theater and cinema.
He was Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1990),[2][3] People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999).[2][4] Actor of the Moscow Theater of Miniatures under the leadership of Mikhail Zhvanetsky. For several decades he performed in a duet with Viktor Ilchenko (Kartsev and Ilchenko).[5]
Roman Kartsev was born in Odessa to Sura-Lea (in life as Sonia) Ruvinovna Fuksman and Antshel Zelmanovich Katz. The maternal grandfather, after whom the artist was named, was a synagogue cantor. The spoken language in the family was Yiddish. Before the war, Roman lived with his parents in Tiraspol, where in 1939–1941 his father was a striker for the Tiraspol team in the second league of the USSR Football Championship. During the Great Patriotic War, together with his mother and brother was in evacuation in Omsk; the grandparents who remained in Odessa died. After the demobilization of the father in 1946, the whole family returned to Odessa.
