Anecdotes

On the day after he died, he was booked to perform. People were offered a refund for their tickets. Not a single ticket was returned.

Died in the arms of his friend Aleksandr Shirvindt

Was almost born on the stage: his mother was taken to the hospital right from the theater.

Died on the stage - 2 minutes before the end of his show.

Both his father Aleksandr Menaker and mother Mariya Mironova were famous actors.

Andrei Mironov is often remembered as a part of a cinematic often comic duo with Anatoliy Papanov (they acted together in "12 stulyev" (1977), Beregis avtomobilya (1967), Brilliantovaya ruka (1968), etc.) They died within eleven days of each other in August, 1987 (5th and 16th).

Father, with Ekaterina Gradova, of Mariya Mironova (Masha Mironova).

Adopted Mariya Golubkina, the daughter of his second wife Larisa Golubkina.

Half brother of Kirill Laskari.

Mironov studied in the Vakhtangov Theatre School during the early 1950s.

On one of his tours through Latvia in 1987, he lost consciousness on stage while performing the lead role in The Marriage of Figaro. Thinking he was having a heart attack, the other actors hastily administered oral nitroglycerin, a drug commonly given to heart attack patients, but which can cause life threatening complications when mistakenly given to those suffering from cerebrovascular disease. He was driven to a hospital where two days later he was pronounced dead.

From 1958 to 1962, he studied acting at the Moscow Shchukin School.

On December 18, 1980, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. He also received the Medal "For Labour Valour".

Mironov's parents, Aleksandr Menaker and Maria Vladimirovna Mironova, were known nationwide as a comedic duo.

From June 18, 1962, to 1987, Mironov was a permanent member of the trope at the Moscow Theatre of Satire.