Estanislao Shilinsky

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| birth_name = Estanislao Schillinsky Bachanska

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|8|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baisogala, Lithuania

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|9|27|1911|8|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Mexico City, Mexico

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| othername = Shilinsky

| occupation = Actor, comedian and screenwriter

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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.{{cite web |url=https://futbol.radioformula.com.mx/farandula/2022/10/4/cine-de-oro-el-actor-nacido-en-el-imperio-ruso-que-llego-mexico-en-un-circo-64072.html |title=Cine de oro: El actor nacido en el Imperio Ruso y que llegó a México en un circo |website=Radioformula.com |date=4 October 2022 |language=es |accessdate=3 November 2022}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.20minutos.com.mx/noticia/b47157/disfruta-luis-gerardo-mendez-interpretar-a-estanislao-shilinsky/ |title=Disfruta Luis Gerardo Méndez interpretar a "Estanislao Shilinsky" |website=20minutos.com.mx |date=11 August 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2022}}

His sidekick Manuel Palacio Sierra eventually lost his voice and died in poverty in 1977.{{cite web |url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2022/7/28/manolin-una-terrible-enfermedad-le-hizo-perder-la-voz-al-actor-del-cine-de-oro-sus-dias-terminaron-en-la-pobreza-425654.html |title=Manolín: Una terrible enfermedad le hizo perder la voz al actor del Cine de Oro y sus días terminaron en la pobreza |website=Heraldodemexico.com.mx |date=28 July 2022 |author=Karla Orona |accessdate=3 November 2022}}