Estanislao Schillinsky

Estanislao Shilinsky Bachanska(August 10, 1911 inBaisogala,Lithuania— September 27, 1985 inMexico City) was a Mexican comedian and the half of the 1940—1970 comedy duoManolín y ShilinskywithManuel Palacios Sierra.His career started in thecarpacircuit when he joined theCarpa Valentina. In 1929 he coached Mario Moreno and helped him improve hisCantinflascharacter. He later marriedOlga Subarev, a daughter of theRussianfamily who owned the carpa, while Cantinflas married her sister Valentina Ivanova who the carpa was named after.