At the concerts of this pop humorous duet always sold out. They have been incredibly popular for 15 years. Not always even the most devoted fans can recognize their idols on the street and take an autograph, because the actors do not give interviews and are not photographed outside their stage image. You have not guessed who it is? Of course, about the actors of the “New Russian Grandmas”. But today we will tell not only about the concert image, but about these actors without makeup.
about the project
Two young comedian actors - Igor Kasilov and Sergey Chvanov - created their unsurpassed duet many years ago. He appeared at a time when young people worked on Samara television. The actors performed their shooting in the village, it was here that they came up with the idea of ​​reincarnation as grandmas. They sat down on a small bench to the village grandmothers, at first listened to their conversations, and then began to imitate their dialect.
Soon, a project called "New Russian Grandmas" appeared. The actors themselves became the actors. Real fame came to them thanks to their participation in the transfer of Evgeny Petrosyan's “Crooked Mirror”. Cheerful and fervent, old-fashioned grannies resemble the duet Mavrikievna and Nikitichny, extremely popular in the Soviet Union.
"New Russian grandmothers": a biography of actors
Extraordinarily talented, popular, beloved by a huge number of fans, the actors do not like to bring their personal lives to the public. But still we have some information, we will be happy to share it with you. Let’s find out what the actors of “New Russian Grandmas” are without makeup.
Sergey Nikolaevich Chvanov
This artist acts as Matrena Ivanovna Nigmatullina, or simply Matryona.
In the city of Chistopol of the Tatar Republic on January 19, 1965 Sergey Chvanov was born. He received his education at the Togliatti Polytechnic Institute. In it, he met Irina Fedorova, who later became his wife. Here he met a colleague on the stage I. Kasilov. The first performances (along with Igor) took place on their student scene at the institute. Later, Sergey Chvanov worked at the local pop theater in the duo "Deficit". The actor has a son and daughter, who, according to media reports, are named Dania and Manya.
Igor Vladimirovich Kasilov
His character is the Flower Claudia Ivanovna. Kasilov - a native of the city of Togliatti, Samara region. May 31, 1966 is his birthday. When the parents decided to leave, Igor was still a child. He stayed with his father, who worked at the factory. Igor’s sister all the time lived with her mother, who worked as a merchandiser. Currently, mom lives in the same territory with Igor.
The actor graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Togliatti, was in the ranks of the members of the Komsomol committee. From the second year he was drafted into the army. He served in the missile forces of Kazakhstan. After returning from the army, Igor is recovering in the third year of the Polytechnic. There he meets his future wife, Elena Nazarenko. Speaking on the stage of the institute, he worked in parallel at the Wheel Theater, in which he was a leading actor and played all the main roles. He graduated from the theater courses of GITIS at the "Wheel" theater, a little later and the courses of P. Fomenko in the capital. Has a son, Yegor.
The labor activity of the actors in the duet “New Russian Grandmas”
On one of the channels of Togliatti television (“Face”) in the nineties of the last century, the actors were the hosts of the comedy program “Dessert”. In parallel, they starred in the author’s program of I. Ugolnikov “Oba-na”, which was very popular in those years, and once a month they flew to the capital to take pictures. In addition, moonlighting as an entertainer with celebrities.
Working on local television, they created an interesting project called “New Russian Grandmas”. Later, he brought S. Chvanov and I. Kasilov unprecedented popularity, on the waves of which the actors are present. The first fame "grandmother" received on the air of the local radio station "August". However, at first this project was used in the form of small humorous screensavers. Noting the listeners' interest in the new project, the management gave the actors a live broadcast. For an incredibly short time, "Grandmas" have gained immense popularity not only in their native land, but also in all regions of the country. It is currently difficult to imagine any kind of humorous evening without the participation of these two outstanding personalities.
The conquest of Moscow
In 1999, the actors took part in the Cup of Humor E. Petrosyan. Then the first solo concert of the “New Russian Grandmothers” took place in their lives (the actors are in the pictures in the images that were already loved by the Russian audience). This event took place at the Moscow State Variety Theater.
Igor and Sergey, together with their families, moved permanently to Moscow. They worked for Yevgeny Petrosyan, spoke in the TV show “Crooked Mirror”. By 2009, they decided to leave this project. In the image of “New Russian Grandmothers”, the actors conducted such television projects as “Saturday Night”, “Veselaya Street”. Worked and are working in all major television projects, touring the whole country with a concert program.