Yuri Vasilyev

{{Short description|Soviet and Russian actor}}

{{family name hatnote|Nikolayevich |Vasilyev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

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{{Infobox person

|name = Yury Vasilyev

|image = Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev.jpg

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|10|12|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Moscow, USSR

|birth_name = Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|6|4|1939|10|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

|spouse = Nelly Korniyenko

|years_active = 1960–1999

| occupation = actor

|awards = People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)[http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13415 Указ Президента Российской Федерации] // kremlin.ru

| nationality = Soviet
Russian

}} Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev ({{langx|ru|Ю́рий Никола́евич Васи́льев}}; October 12, 1939 — June 4, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He is best known for film roles in The Journalist (1967) and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980).[https://kulturologia.ru/blogs/040618/39191/ «Фрачный герой»: Почему Юрий Васильев остался актёром второго плана] // kulturologia.ru He was considered a sex symbol of Soviet cinema.{{Cite web|url=https://moscvichka.ru/2014/06/04/yurij-vasilev-seks-simvol-1960-h-10204.html|title=Москвичка|website=moscvichka.ru|accessdate=26 March 2024}}[https://7days.ru/stars/ratings/moskva-slezam-ne-verit-kak-vyglyadyat-zvezdy-sovetskogo-kinoshedevra-37-let-spustya.htm «Москва слезам не верит»: как выглядят звёзды советского киношедевра 37 лет спустя] // 7days.ru[https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/sov/691/ Yuri Vasilyev] at the kino-teatr.ru