For many years, Yefim Zalmanovich has remained a prominent person on the national stage. The activity of the artist is quite diverse, because he works as an artist of the conversational genre, actor, singer and director. Since 1990, the Shifrin Theater has been successfully developing, the founder and leader of which is Yefim. In addition, the artist has enough time to write books and even Internet diaries. As you can see, today we have collected some interesting facts from his biography.

1. Famous comedian - provincial

The real name of the artist is Nakhim Zalmanovich Shifrin. He was born in the small provincial village of Neksikan, which at that time belonged to the Magadan region. It is noteworthy that the very name of the settlement is translated as “a musty place”, therefore, most likely, Efim would not have been able to achieve popularity if his family had not moved to the Latvian Jurmala.

2. Several higher educations

Efim Shifrin has three diplomas of higher education. In Latvia, he graduated from the philological faculty of the university, and then became a student at the Moscow School of Circus and Variety Art. Even starting his creative career, Yefim did not calm down and joined the ranks of the students of the faculty of variety directors at the Institute of Theater Arts.

3. Started from the theater stage

The artist began his professional career in the theater. Initially, he played roles in famous productions, and then began to perform solo performances. A little later, not wanting to secure the statue of an exclusively comedian, Shifrin began to play serious dramatic roles on the stage. The versatility of his skill could be appreciated in such performances as "I don't know you anymore, dear", "Rumors" and "Dragon". These are not the only works of the artist within the walls of the theater, because Yefim has two dozen roles on the theater stage.

4. Founded his own theater

In 1990, Yefim Zalmanovich founded the Shifrin Theater, whose repertoire included many different plays. By the way, the artist is an active participant in many productions in which he performs romances. For almost 30 years, the Efim Shifrin Theater has been successfully operating and developing, and its performances are always sold out. In addition, on the stage of this cultural institution, the comedian presents his concert programs and new humorous numbers to the public.

5. Yefim on the big screen

The filmography of Yefim Shifrin is also impressive. He appeared on the big screen in 1980 and has since starred in 25 films. The artist performed the most significant roles in such films as Gloss, Comedians and Her name was Mumu. In addition, he played in a number of musicals, including "The New Adventures of Aladdin", "Cinderella" and "Angel with a Cigarette End".

6. Writer by inheritance

Efim Shifrin's father was a successful writer, so it is not surprising that the interest in literature was transferred to the artist. Back in 1994, the humorist presented an autobiographical publication called "The Theater named after me." This was followed by such books as "The Personal File of Yefim Shifrin" and "The River of Leta Flows", in which the writer recalled details from his life. In addition, Shifrin finds time to keep Internet diaries. For example, he started the “Diary of a Kotelnik” back in 2008 and to this day replenishes it with new materials.

7. The main hobby is sports

At the age of forty, the artist began to visit the gym regularly and unexpectedly became interested in bodybuilding. He achieved noticeable results in this direction and was able to bring his body into perfect shape. The success of the artist did not go unnoticed, and he was awarded a diploma of the Bodybuilding Federation and a diploma of the Committee of Physical Culture and Sports. But, most importantly, the artist was able to significantly improve his health and join a healthy lifestyle.

8. Secret personal life

Efim Shifrin has always carefully concealed the details of his personal life. Never once was he seen in the company of any woman, and never once did he introduce his official companion to the public. Only one thing is known for certain - the artist has never entered into a legal marriage and he has no heirs. The comedian devoted his whole life to creativity, although who knows, maybe Yefim has a life partner that he manages to hide from prying eyes ...

Unfortunately, the years take their toll, and Efim Shifrin has recently spoken. What worries the favorite of the public?

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Shifrin spoke about the conflict with Novikova

Shifrin spoke about the conflict with Novikova

Efim Shifrin, who turned 63 on March 25, spoke about his difficult relationship with Clara Novikova.

It turns out that comedians do not communicate, although for many years they were great friends, and once a popular rumor even married them.

The quarrel between Efim Shifrin and Clara Novikova was known before. Three years ago, the artists seemed to have reconciled. However, as it turned out, this was done solely at the request of the editor of the television program, in which both then participated.

After that, Clara and I never called each other, although I was waiting for a call, because it’s not me, but she apologized for her betrayal 13 years ago, ”Shifrin admitted.

According to Yefim, the conflict occurred when he decided to leave the Full House program. The artist was tormented by doubts whether it was worth doing it or not, he decided to consult with his friends - Clara Novikova and Mikhail Evdokimov. And they both supported Shifrin. Moreover, they said: we will leave with you. When Yefim informed Regina Dubovitskaya about his decision not to participate in the New Year's program, she was very surprised: “How is it? After all, your friends, Clara and Misha, are participating!”

Then I realized that this is a betrayal! Shifrin says. - I called them both. Misha gave arguments with which I could not but agree, and asked for forgiveness for my cowardice. And Clara blamed me for everything. And we stopped talking.

Then there was my anniversary on TV, I was persuaded to invite Clara - she apologized, we talked sincerely, and she said that we would continue to communicate. But that did not happen...

No, I forgave her a long time ago, I understand her as an actress and as a woman, but I myself won’t talk, meet, communicate, although I didn’t go to bed before the quarrel without chatting with her on the phone for about 40 minutes ...

Alexey Komov.

from the archive of E. Shifrin

The artist decided to come to the TV show himself to refute everything. The truth about what the media write about the satirist, Efim Shifrin decided to reveal himself, appearing at the Let Them Talk studio - with a wand and black glasses, accompanied by a program employee. And then he threw away the “props” and began to talk about why the media wrote about him like that.

Fans and members of the media became worried when they saw a depressing post on his blog that he was almost blind and preparing to die. But in the “Let them talk” program, he said that he goes to the gym four times a week, which is why at 63 he does not complain about his health at all.

Efim Shifrin is a favorite of the female half of the public. At the age of 63, he looks great. He recently became a member of the TV show "Let them talk": the artist came with a cane and black glasses. It turned out that the humorist once again joked - these were just props.

Yefim Shifrin decided to save the nerves of his fans and spoke about his state of health. Rumors that he was allegedly ill remained just rumors. The artist said that he was sent 4 sheets - the results of tests, which he takes every six months. The results obtained in 63-year-old Yefim Shifrin, as he himself admitted, as in a 17-year-old boy.

Rumors about health problems appeared after he himself reported about them in his microblog. But the artist admitted that it was a joke.

About a month ago, I found out about myself that I was almost dying. I've been given quite a bit. It is clear that a person of my age can experience age-related changes, but it seemed to me that I wrote about it jokingly.

Every week the artist visits the gym.

Efim Shifrin, data from Wikipedia

Yefim Shifrin is the son of a political prisoner: his father, Zalman Shifrin, was accused of espionage in 1938 and sent to a penal colony for 10 years. More than half of the term he served at the mine in Adygali (Magadan region). The artist's mother is Rasha Tsipina. Parents, one might say, were introduced by Gessel, the brother of Zalman Shifrin: it was he who told the 35-year-old Rasha about the fate of his brother. The woman wrote a letter to Zamlan in the colony, in which she supported him. After that, they began to correspond. After some time, Rasha was already traveling from the other end of the country to Zalman. Efim Shifrin's father was released in 1948, but he had to live in Neksikane for another 8 years, because he was given a life exile in the Dalstroy area.

Yefim Shifrin was born after his father's rehabilitation in 1956. He became the second child in the family. A year later, the whole family moved to Jurmala, where the artist graduated from high school and became a university student.

You know, pen sharks constantly ask me about Kolyma. And for some reason it seems to everyone that I must tell the terrible memories of my misfortunes. But I constantly upset journalists. My place of birth does not at all speak of my difficult childhood. It was happy and cloudless. The misfortunes fell on the lot of my father and mother, but I did not experience grief. I was born the youngest son of a truly happy family, this is firstly, and secondly, the child does not realize all the tragedy of what is happening. In addition, I was born in the year when my father was rehabilitated, - says the artist.

Yefim is not Shifrin's real name: in fact, his name is Nakhim. Friends began to call him a diminutive - Fima, and soon he took the pseudonym Efim.

1973 - 1974 - Efim Shifrin's years of study at the University of Latvia with a degree in philology. After classes, he participated in amateur circles, and over time he realized that the stage was his calling. It is interesting that Zalman Shifrin, an avid theatergoer, did not miss a single performance in the Melpomene temple at one time.

After graduating from the 1st course, Efim Shifrin decided to pick up the documents and move to the capital of Russia, to enter the circus school. Rumyantsev. He liked studying here, he performed, played in productions. Then he studied at GITIS. He received popular recognition in 1986, when the program “In Our House” went on the air. In films, serials, even "Yeralash", the artist began acting in 1992. Now he writes books, maintains a personal blog on the network.

Efim Shifrin prefers not to talk about his personal life. It is known that he is not legally married, he has no children. However, the artist says that he has never been lonely, deprived of female attention.

Efim Zalmanovich Shifrin is a Russian comedian, theater and film actor, founder and artistic director of the Shifrin Theatre, writer and director.

Childhood and family

Yefim's father, Zalman Shifrin, was a political prisoner - in 1938 he was accused of espionage and sentenced to 10 years in a colony-settlement. He served most of his term at the Shturmovaya mine in the village of Adyglakh, Magadan Region. Zalman Shmuilovich spoke in detail about his life in the camp in three books of memoirs, but we are interested in his acquaintance with his future wife Rasha (Raisa) Tsipina.

The fate of Zalman was told to a 35-year-old woman by his brother Gessel. Raisa sent a letter of support to the colony, and a correspondence began between them. Soon she was already traveling from the other end of the country to distant Adygly to connect her fate with the man who captivated her heart at a distance.

Zalman Shifrin was released in 1948, but for another eight years he was forced to live in the village of Neksikan, Magadan Region, due to a sentence of life exile in the Dalstroy area.

Yefim Shifrin was born in 1956, shortly after his father was rehabilitated. In 1966, the family - parents and two sons, including the eldest Samuel - moved to Jurmala. In the same place, Yefim received a matriculation certificate and entered the university.

“You know, pen sharks constantly ask me about Kolyma. And for some reason it seems to everyone that I must tell the terrible memories of my misfortunes. But I constantly upset journalists. My place of birth does not at all speak of my difficult childhood. It was happy and cloudless. The misfortunes fell on the lot of my father and mother, but I did not experience grief. I was born the youngest son of a truly happy family, this is firstly, and secondly, the child does not realize all the tragedy of what is happening. In addition, I was born in the year when dad was rehabilitated, ”said the artist.

By the way, the real name of the artist is Nakhim. Since it is difficult to shorten it to a diminutive, his friends called him "Fima". Hence the pseudonym "Efim" was born.

Moving to Moscow. Carier start

In 1973-1974 Efim Shifrin studied at the Faculty of Philology of the Latvian State University. In the evenings, the student took part in amateur art circles, and after one of the performances he realized that his vocation was the stage. By the way, his father was an avid theater-goer, who, while studying in Vitebsk, did not miss a single performance in the local temple of Melpomene. Perhaps it was he who instilled in his son a love of acting.

After the first year, Shifrin took the documents and left to conquer Moscow - he entered the Rumyantsev State School of Circus and Variety Art in the variety department (Roman Viktyuk's course). He graduated from it in 1978.

In 1977, Shifrin began playing with Roman Viktyuk at the Student Theater of Moscow State University. Among his theatrical works of that time, one can distinguish roles in the productions of Goodbye, Boys!, Duck Hunt, Night After Graduation. A year later, the artist entered the service of the Mosconcert, where he worked for the next ten years.

After college, Efim Shifrin continued his education at GITIS, where he graduated from the faculty of variety direction in 1985. At the same time, Shifrin's first solo performance "I would like to say", built on the basis of the works of Viktor Koklyushkin, was played. According to the monologues of the same author, in 1988 and 1990, the performances “Three Questions” and “Round Moon” were staged on the stage of the Moscow Variety Theater.

Popular fame came to Yefim Shifrin in 1986, after the TV show "In Our House", on the air of which the artist read the monologue "Mary Magdalene".

Efim Shifrin - "Penitent Mary Magdalene"

"Shifrin Theater"

In 1989, Efim Shifrin presented to the public a variety and musical solo performance "I play Shostakovich." A year later, the Shifrin Theater appeared in Moscow. The first performance on the new stage was the production of "Photography for memory".

In 1994, Shifrin made his debut on the stage of the Vakhtangov Theater in the play I Don't Know You Anymore, Darling, staged by Roman Viktyuk based on the play by Antonio de Benedetti. Later there were roles in productions of the Viktyuk Theater “Love with a jerk”, “Confused” and “Goat, or who is Sylvia”.

In 1998, Yefim became a frequent guest on television. In particular, he starred in the musical "Angel with a Cigarette End" by Yevgeny Ginzburg, for which he performed 13 songs to music by Alexander Klevitsky and poems by Yuri Ryashentsev.

Efim Shifrin - Hello, Lucy! (1983)

In 2001, in the performance of Vadim Dubrovitsky's enterprise Rumors, Efim Shifrin got the role of Glen. Five years later, he played the Burgomaster in a production based on the play by Yevgeny Schwartz "The Dragon". And in 2008, the actor appeared before the audience of the production “Scandal! The public is not allowed to watch!” (Herve Montaigne) and Mikhail Kozakov's play "The Laughing Flower" based on the play by Noel Coward (Harry Essendain).

In 2010, Yefim Shifrin played Iokhanan Tsingerbay in the production of "Rubber Traders" directed by Viktor Shamirov of the Theater Agency Art Partner XXI based on the play by Hanoch Levin. Following the actor played King Ignacy in the production of the Vakhtangov Theater "Princess Yvonne".

At his performances and performances, Yefim Shifrin also performs vocal works. His repertoire includes romances by Dmitry Shostakovich to the words of Alexander Cherny (staged "I play Shostakovich"), as well as the songs "Return" by Vladimir Matetsky, "Jerusalem" by Mark Minkov, "Southern Night" by Alexander Klevitsky, "Music in me" by Mikhail Kochetkov and many others.

Efim Shifrin in the cinema

Efim Shifrin's filmography is also rich. In 1992, he starred in the film "Swamp Street", in 2007 he appeared in the film "Gloss" by Andrei Konchalovsky.

In 2003, the artist played the host in the parody series "The Hero of Our Tribe", and in 2009 he got the main role in the television play "A Play for a Man" by Vladimir Mirzoev based on Daniil Kharms. Repeatedly Yefim could be seen in the sketches of the newsreel "Yeralash" ("The meeting place cannot be changed", "Tormentor", etc.).

The artist has a tradition of annual March benefit performances with the participation of Russian pop stars: "Shifrinov's Ark", "WWW.SHIFRIN.RU", "Opus No. 10", "Ladder", "Population Census", "People in Masks". In 2006, the audience saw the anniversary benefit performance of Cabaret. Reboot”, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the artist.

Yefim Shifrin. My hero

Efim Shifrin constantly participates in pop concerts of national teams and solo TV projects, plays on the stage, tours, acts in films and even manages to maintain his blog on the Internet and write books. In 1994, he published the book “The Theater named after me” in collaboration with Georgy Viren, in 1997, the manuscript “Personal File of Yefim Shifrin” was published from his pen, and in 2010, the memoirs “The River of Leta Flows”.

Awards

In 1979, the artist became a laureate of the First Moscow Competition of Variety Artists, in 1983 - the seventh All-Union Competition of Variety Artists, and in 1992 his collection of awards was replenished with the Golden Ostap award.

In 2000, Efim Shifrin received an award from the international network of World Class clubs and became Mister Fitness. He began to get involved in sports at the age of 40, and since then he has been trying to keep himself in shape.

In 2001, the artist won the Cup

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“Grandma told”: Childhood memories of an Odessa woman shed light on Shifrin’s orientation

The personal life of Efim Shifrin, who appears less and less on our screens and stages, but nevertheless remains beloved by millions of people, has almost always remained a secret for society. It was known that the unmarried and childless artist did not live alone, but the journalists could not find out anything more specific.

An unexpected light on the past, as well as on Shifrin's sexual preferences and orientation, was shed by an Odessa woman who shared her childhood memories on her Twitter account. According to the woman, 13 years ago, when she was still a child, one of her father's acquaintances closely communicated with the artists who came to the city and had a good idea of ​​the "inner kitchen" of the stage at that time.

So, according to this friend, Efim Shifrin was gay. Recognizing that the artist did not make official coming-outs and did not comment on his preferences in any way, the woman nevertheless expressed confidence that he really "prefers men" and added that "for her" it was never a secret.

Despite the fact that such confessions may well be banal rumors, it is worth noting that Shifrin did not appear with his companions either in public or on his Instagram. But his Instagram is replete with pictures where the artist spends time in the gym in the company of fit and athletic men.

However, the closeness of the artist's personal life has another explanation, namely, his own lack of interest in it. In one of his last posts, Yefim Shifrin frankly admitted that even in his “best years” he was not particularly interested in love pleasures, and recently his libido has weakened even more seriously.

Shukhrat Kessikbaev