Estanislao Shilinsky

Estanislao Schillinsky Bachanska (10 August 1911 – 27 September 1985), known as Estanislao Shilinsky or simply Shilinsky, was a Lithuanian-born Mexican comedian and the half of the 1940–1970 comedy duo Manolín y Shilinsky with Manuel Palacios ("Manolín").

Career

Estanislao Shilinsky and his brother moved to Mexico as members of a Russian circus troup.

His career started in the carpa circuit when he met Grigori Ivanov who introduced him to the Carpa Valentina that he owned. In 1929 he coached Mario Moreno and helped him improve his Cantinflas character. He later married Olga Subarev, the daughter of Ivanov, while Cantinflas married her sister Valentina Ivanova who the carpa was named after.

One of Shilinsky's singular characteristics as a Mexican actor was his remnant Russian accent.

His sidekick Manuel Palacio Sierra eventually lost his voice and died in poverty in 1977.

Filmography

As actor

• Don't Fool Yourself Dear (1937)
• Jengibre vs Dinamita (1939)
• Cantinflas boxeador (1940)
• Cantinflas y su prima (1940)
• Here's the Point (1940)
• The Unknown Policeman (1941)
• Neither Blood nor Sand (1941)
• The Three Musketeers (1942)
• The Circus (1942)
• Romeo and Juliet (1943)
• Gran Hotel (1944)
• A Day with the Devil (1945)
• Adultery (1945)
• The House of the Fox (1945)
• I Am a Fugitive (1946)
• Fly Away, Young Man! (1947)
• Fíjate que suave (1948)
• Dos de la vida airada (1948)
• Pobres pero sinvergüenzas (1949)
• Vivillo desde chiquillo (1951)
• Here Come the Freeloaders (1953)
• Las nenas del siete (1955)

As script writer

• Cantinflas boxeador (1940)
• Cantinflas y su prima (1940)
• Siempre listo en las tinieblas (1939)

Portrayals

Shilinsky was portrayed by Luis Gerardo Méndez in the 2014 film Cantinflas.

References

External links

• Estanislao Shilinsky at IMDb

1. Cantinflas (film)
2. Luis Gerardo Méndez
3. Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
4. Baisogala
5. Gran Hotel (film)
6. The Unknown Policeman
7. List of Lithuanians
8. You're Missing the Point
9. Romeo and Juliet (1943 film)
10. Don't Fool Yourself Dear
11. Champion Without a Crown
12. Carpa Valentina
13. The Circus (1943 film)
14. Adultery (1945 film)
15. A Day with the Devil
16. The Three Musketeers (1942 film)
17. List of entertainers in Mexico
18. Here Come the Freeloaders
19. The House of the Fox