Estanislao Schillinsky

August 10, 1911 — Baisogala, Lithuania

Estanislao Shilinsky Bachanska (August 10, 1911 in Baisogala, Lithuania — September 27, 1985 in Mexico City) was a Mexican comedian and the half of the 1940—1970 comedy duo Manolín y Shilinsky with Manuel Palacios Sierra.

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

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Soy un prófugo

1946

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One Day with the Devil

1945

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El circo

1943

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Cantinflas boxeador

1940

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Cantinflas y su prima

1940

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Autopsy of a Ghost

1968

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Dos Criados Malcriados

1960

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Festival de la comedia

1939