Born October 30, 1922· Vyazma, Smolenskaya guberniya, Soviet Russia
† Died August 7, 1987
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Born into a Russian-Polish family in Vyazma, Anatoli Papanov began drama lessons as a schoolboy and later credited Vasily Kuza as his first mentor. After serving in the Red Army and surviving a severe foot injury, he entered the State Institute of Theatre Arts, studying under Vasily Orlov. Graduating in 1946, he co-founded the Klaipėda Russian Drama Theatre and soon joined the Moscow Satire Theatr…
