Born February 8, 1928· Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union
† Died December 4, 2009
12Roles★ 7.2Average rating
Emerging from a modest Pavlovsky Posad upbringing-his mother a kindergarten teacher and his father an engineer-he entered the Actors’ Faculty of VGIK in 1945 after wartime work in a munitions plant, graduating with honors in 1950 and beginning a stage career at the Theatre Studio of Film Actor. A film debut in 1948 led to early supporting roles, but his breakthrough arrived with the rural drama It…
