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- Aleksey Smirnov is a Soviet theater and film actor.
In 1940 he graduated from the theater studio at the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy and was accepted into the troupe of the same theater. In 1946, he was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy. In the early 1950s, he had several notable roles in the repertoire of the Musical Comedy Theater. By the end of the 1950s, he became famous among filmmakers. In 1961, when he became an actor in the Lenfilm film studio, two films with his participation were released on the screens of the country. All-Union fame for the actor brought the role in the films of Leonid Gayday. In all these films, he performed in comedic roles. - Actor
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Danil Andreev was born on 5 May 2000 in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. He is an actor and writer, known for Interstelar 2: Operation Terra 2040 (2016), Tirmenator in the Village (2016) and Mertvets iz pod snega (2016).- Additional Crew
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People liked Joseph M. Schenck. Anyone who knew both him and his brother Nicholas Schenck would comment on how different they were. He came to New York in 1893 and, with his younger brother, built a drugstore business. They risked some profits and made more money in amusement parks. Marcus Loew bought one of their parks in 1907, then made the Schencks partners in Consolidated Enterprises, his theater and movie house chain in 1912. The brothers' personalities were quite different; Joe was affable and enjoyed keeping a deal together by finding common ground between business associates that often despised each other. His brother Nick was a cold, driven, hard-nosed businessman who thoroughly enjoyed keeping people on short leashes. In short, people were drawn to Joe and feared Nick.
Joe booked films, which gave him the opportunity to meet movie stars, among them Norma Talmadge, who became his wife in 1916. He was fascinated by Hollywood and wanted to get involved with movie production, whereas Nick was quietly managing Loew's burgeoning theatrical empire. Joe was far more enamored by the Hollywood lifestyle than his brother and wanted to take a much more active role in the production rather than the high finance end of the business. He saw his opportunity in 1917 to produce Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton and the later D.W. Griffith films. At this point the brothers' lives took separate paths; Joe left Consolidated while Nick remained and soon became Marcus Loew's #2 man, assisting him in his dream of combining Metro Pictures with Goldwyn Pictures in order to provide the expanding theater chain with a steady flow of quality films (morphing into MGM, after bringing Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg on board in 1924), later ascending to the presidency of Loew's Incorporated's--MGM's parent company--after Marcus Loew's sudden death (quietly becoming the most powerful man in the motion picture industry) in late 1926. Joe became chairman of United Artists (which, somewhat ironically, lacked a theater chain--a factor that would ultimately cripple his brother's studio in the 1950s after the Supreme Court's anti-trust decision required theatrical divestment) in 1924, then its president in 1927.
In 1933 he helped Darryl F. Zanuck establish 20th Century Pictures, which merged with the ailing Fox Film Corp. in 1935, with Schenck as chairman of the renamed 20th Century-Fox. Organized crime had coveted Hollywood from a distance for years, but had been unable to make serious inroads into the area thanks to the brutally effective work of the Los Angeles Police Department's so-called "hat squad," which was tasked with keeping the city Mafia-free. The studio's weak link was through the growing thorns in their collective sides: the unions, whose membership and collectives spanned across state lines. In 1936 Willie Morris Bioff, a Chicago mobster out of the remnants of the Al Capone gang who ran the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators behind the scenes, told the studios they could avoid strikes (along with the implied work slowdowns and spontaneous theater fires) for $2 million. All agreed to pay, but Schenck made one of the payoffs with a personal check, which came to the attention of U.S. Internal Revenue Service agents. Thanks to the paper trail, Schenck was indicted for income tax evasion. With some applied pressure and soul-searching, Joe testified against Bioff and the titular union president, George E. Browne, in 1941 as part of a plea bargain. In 1946 he began to serve a one-year sentence for tax irregularities and bribery (of the union officials) but was pardoned by President Harry Truman after having served only four months.
After leaving prison he immediately returned to Fox as head of production. Marilyn Monroe became friendly with him in 1947 and was known as one of his "girlfriends", although she said the relationship was platonic. He was helpful in her career in any case, getting her a very small part in Fox's Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) and convincing Harry Cohn at Columbia to give her a contract after Fox dropped her.
AMPAS awarded Schenck a special Oscar for services to the film industry in 1952. In 1953 he co-founded the Magna Corp. with Mike Todd to market the Todd-AO wide-screen system, which was wildly profitable (and remains a technological force in the movie industry to this day). Shortly after he retired in 1957, Schenck had a stroke and never fully recovered.- Anastasiya Talyzina was born on 5 July 1999 in Yaroslavl, Russia. She is an actress, known for Moya bolshaya tayna (2021), Odin khoroshiy den and Vladivostok (2021). She has been married to Sergey Novosad since 30 August 2024.
- Anna Nazarova was born on 19 November 1984 in Yaroslavl, RSFSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Sputnik (2020), Wonderland (2016) and Vsyo po-chestnomu (2007). She is married to Roman Kurtsyn. They have one child.
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Irina Goryacheva was born on 7 March 1978 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Sigma, Uboynaya sila (2000) and Mezhdu nami nebo (2019).- Director
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Stanislav Rostotsky was a renown Russian film director whose two films, The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972) and White Bim Black Ear (1977) were nominated for Oscar and won other international awards.
He was born Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky on April 21, 1922, in Rybinsk, north of Moscow, Russia. His father, named Josef Boleslavovich Rostotsky, was a respected Medical Doctor and later became an official at State Department of Health. His mother, named Lidia Karlovna, was a homemaker. Young Rostotsky spent much of his childhood in a village in Central Russia. There he developed his special ability to uncover the beauty of wild nature, that later became a professional forte in his directing.
In 1936, at age 14, Rostotsky made his film debut as an actor in Bezhin lug (1937), albeit some parts of the film were lost, including most of Rostotsky's scenes. At that time he met the legendary director Sergei Eisenstein. Under the guidance from Eisenstein, young Rostotsky studied literature and arts, and focused on such writers as Honoré de Balzac and Émile Zola, composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, art of Japanese prints and Impressionist paintings by such artists as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas among others. Rostotsky and Eisenstein became life-long friends. Upon Eisenstein's advise, Rostotsky did not rush into film business until he achieved a well-rounded education, he attended Moscow Institute of Philosophy and Literature.
In February 1942 Rostotsky was drafted in the Red Army. After a brief training, he served as a private with the 6th Cavalry Guards Brigade at the Ukrainian Front, fighting against the Nazi troops during the Second World War. On February 11, 1944 Rostotsky was severely wounded in action; after having his leg amputated he undergone a comprehensive six-month treatment, and had to wear a prosthesis for the rest of his life. Rostotsky was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner for his courage in battle.
In August of 1944 Rostotsky became a student of director Grigoriy Kozintsev at Leningrad Institute of Cinematography. There he studied film directing for seven years, assisted in Kozintsev's films, and graduated in 1951 as a film director. From 1952 to 2001 he worked at Gorky Film Studio in Moscow. There he made 17 films as director, including his best films, We'll Live Till Monday (1968), 'A zori zdes tikhie' (1972), and 'Belyy Bim - chernoe ukho' (1977), the latter two received Oscar nominations and international acclaim.
Stanislav Rostotsky was awarded the State Prize of the USSR twice (1970, 1975). He was designated People's Artist of the USSR, and received numerous awards and decorations for his contribution to film art. He was a Member of the Board of Union of Cinematographers, and five times Member of the Jury at Moscow International Film Festival (1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983). He also taught directing at State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, and wrote numerous articles on film directing and film history. He also wrote memoirs about Eisenstein, Gerasimov, Moskvin, and other Russian film figures. Rostotsky was married to notable Russian actress Nina Menshikova and their son, Andrey Rostotskiy was a popular film actor.
Outside of his film profession Stanislav Rostotsky was famous for his support of recreational fishing and was known for releasing his catch alive; he was decorated with the Medal of Honor "For Development of Fishing Resouces in Russia" and also presided at several sport fishing competitions. Stanislav Rostotsky died of a heart failure on August 11, 2001, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in Vagankovskoe Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Director
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Artyom Aksenenko was born on 8 April 1983 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. Artyom is a director and assistant director, known for Krasnaya Shapochka (2022), Neulovimye: Posledniy geroy (2015) and Dark Planet (2008).- Mikhail Bychkov was born on 21 June 1950 in Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, Yaroslavl Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Dersu Uzala (1975), Bezbiletnaya passazhirka (1978) and Bereg (1984). He died on 1 January 2022.
- David Shushanidze began his career in the film industry as a film director and screenwriter by making the short film "The Last Rung on the Ladder" based upon a short story by Stephen King. He was granted the adaptation rights by Stephen King under the Dollar Baby Program 3 days prior to its disbandment, thus becoming both the latest film director from Russia and the world's latest "Dollar Baby".
- Kapitolina Ilyenko was born on 4 October 1904 in Yaroslavl, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Plashchanitsa Aleksandra Nevskogo (1992), Kolybelnaya dlya brata (1982) and I zhizn, i slyozy, i lyubov... (1984). She died on 21 November 1992 in Moscow, Russia.
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Fima Noveck was born on 29 March 1918 in Yaroslavl, Russia. He was a production manager, known for Nixon (1995), Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) and Joshua Tree (1993). He was married to France Noveck. He died on 30 March 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Aleksey Oshurkov was born on 19 September 1966 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Deadline (2004), Shtrafbat (2004) and Esli nebo molchit (2013).
- Aleksey Dmitriev was born on 16 June 1976 in Yaroslavl, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Interceptor (2009), Dark Planet (2008) and Fortress of War (2010).
- Ivan Chuvelyov was born on 4 January 1897 in Spas-Gradskaya village, Yaroslavl province, Russian Empire, [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Schastlivyye koltsa (1929), Khuti tsuti (1928) and Volga - Volga (1938). He died on 31 December 1942 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Tajikistan].
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Eugen York was born on 26 November 1912 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Morituri (1948), Lockende Gefahr (1950) and Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958). He was married to Catja Görna. He died on 18 November 1991 in Berlin, Germany.- Actor
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Yuri Lyubimov is a Russian actor and director best known as the founder and leader of the legendary Taganka Theatre company in Moscow, Soviet Union.
He was born Yurii Petrovich Lyubimov on September 30, 1917, in Yaroslavl, Russia. His father, Petr Lyubimov, was a grocer, his paternal ancestors were Russian peasants. Lyubimov's mother was a music teacher, and his maternal ancestors were Gypsies. Lyubimov's parents were arrested during the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, and young Lyubimov was deprived of his civil rights. However, he later reunited with his parents in Moscow. Young Lyubimov was fond of reading, acting and singing. In 1934 he entered the acting Studio of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT - 2) in Moscow; there he made his acting debut appearing in stage play 'Molba o zhizni' (aka.. Prayor for life). From 1936 - 1940 he studied acting at the Theatrical School (now Shchukin Theatrical School) of Vakhtangov Theatre, graduating in 1940 as an actor and director. In 1941 Lyubimov was drafted in the Red Army and served at the NKVD (the Soviet Commissariat for Secret Service) as a stand-up comedian and announcer with the NKVD Choir and Dance Ensemble.
From 1936 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1964 Yuri Lyubimov was a member of the troupe at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such actors as Boris Shchukin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Ruben Simonov, Boris Zakhava, Mikhail Astangov, Vladimir Etush, Varvara Popova, Alla Kazanskaya, Yuliya Borisova, Lyudmila Maksakova, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Nikolai Plotnikov, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Yuriy Yakovlev, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Andrei Abrikosov, Grigori Abrikosov, Boris Babochkin, Aleksandr Grave, Nikolai Gritsenko, and Nikolai Timofeyev, among others. In 1938, Lyubimov made his stage acting debut at Vakhtangov Theatre opposite Boris Shchukin in 'Chelovek s ruzhyem'. In 1959, Lyubimov made his directing debut at Vakhtangov Theatre wit his staging of 'Mnogo li cheloveku nado' (aka.. How much does a man need) by playwright Aleksandr Galich.
In 1963 Yuri Lyubimov directed the play that changed his career forever- 'Dobry chelovek is Sezuana' (aka.. Good man from Sechuan), based on
Lyubimov's productions at Taganka represented a new type of art and contributed to awaking the public conscience in the Soviet Union. Lyubimov created the Artistic Counsil of Taganka where members were the leading writers (known as the "60s generation"), such as Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, Fazil Iskander, Andrei Voznesensky, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Bulat Okudzhava, and Bella Akhmadulina among others; some famous Russians, such as the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Pyotr Kapitsa and composer Alfred Schnittke were also members of the Artistic Counsil of Taganka. The Lyubimov's Taganka was called "the island of freedom in the non-free nation" of the USSR.
From 1964 to the early 1980s at the Taganka Theatre Lyubimov worked with such actors as Vladimir Vysotskiy, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Leonid Filatov, Alla Demidova, Venyamin Smekhov Ivan Bortnik, Zhanna Bolotova, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, and others. Lyubimov's staging of the Shakespeare's "Hamlet" starring Vladimir Vysotskiy in the title role, was awarded the Grand Prix at the 1976 International Theatre Festival BITEF. However, during the 1980s Lyubimov was censored by the Soviet authorities and many of his stage productions were banned. In the early 1980s, after the death of the legendary actor Vladimir Vysotskiy, Taganka's play titled "Vladimir Vysotsky" was banned, and Lyubimov's staging of Pushkin's 'Boris Godunov' was also banned. Yuri Lyubimov was forced to leave and work outside of the Soviet Union. He was stripped of his Soviet citizenship by a special order from the Supreme Soviet of the USSR signed by the Communist Party leader K. Chernenko.
During his involuntary emigration, Yuri Lyubimov directed successful stage productions in Austria, Britain, Italy, Israel, United States, Sweden and many other nations across the world. Upon the invitation from Ingmar Bergman, Lyubimov directed such plays as "Master and Margarita" by Mikhail A. Bulgakov and "Pir vo vremya chumy" (aka. Fiest during the plaque) at the Royal Drama Theatre of Stockholm. Upon the invitation from Giorgio Strehler, Lyubimov's London staging of the Dostoyevsky's "Besy" (aka.. The possessed) made several successful tours in Europe, including a stint at the Theatre of Europe in Paris.
In 1988, during the openness of "perestroika" by Mikhail Gorbachev, Yuri Lyubimov returned to the Soviet Union and re-gained his directorial position at the Taganka Theatre. However, in 1989, part of the Taganka troupe led by his rival, Nikolay Gubenko, had split from Lyubimov, and formed their own company known as Community of Taganka Actors. Meanwhile, Lyubimov renewed several of his earlier productions which were previously banned by the Soviet censorship. At that time, Lyubimov was again forced into a power struggle, but he prevailed. Lyubimov canceled all other plans and invitations and focused entirely on re-building the troupe and the legacy of the Taganka Theatre, and eventually succeeded in restoring the popular image of the Taganka Theatre.
In 1998 Yuri Lyubimov and his Taganka celebrated the 80 birthday of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn by staging his autobiographical play, 'Sharashka', which Lyubimov directed and also appeared in the role as Joseph Stalin. In 2001 Lyubimov renewed the production of 'Doctor Zhivago' based on the eponymous book by Boris Pasternak. In 2002 he directed the Goethe's 'Faust' at the Taganka. The 60's generation, and thousands of long-time Taganka patrons are now bringing their grandchildren to enjoy the art of Lyubimov's Taganka Theatre.
Since 1978 Yuri Lyubimov has been married to Hungarian theatre critic Katalin Koncz, and the couple has one son, Peter Lyubimov, born in 1983. Yuri Lyubimov is living and working in Moscow, Russia.- Actor
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Evgeniy Koryakovskiy was born on 29 June 1975 in Yaroslavl, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Attraction (2017), Esenin (2005) and Mafia: Game of Survival (2016).- Irina Knyaznidelina was born on 3 June 1976 in Yaroslavl, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Rok-n-roll pod Kremlyom (2013), Regbi (2021) and Militsioner s Rublyovki (2021).
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Artemiy Troitskiy was born on 16 June 1955 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor and writer, known for Daun Haus (2001), Are (2005) and Zvyozdniy vors (2012).- Viktor Rozov was born on 21 August 1913 in Yaroslavl, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Viktor was a writer, known for The Cranes Are Flying (1957), Shumnyy den (1961) and V dobryy chas! (1956). Viktor died on 28 September 2004 in Moscow, Russia.
- Tamara Reshetnikova was born on 18 June 1943 in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Mirror (1975), Pyotr Martynovich i gody bolshoy zhizni (1976) and S koshki vsyo i nachalos (1982). She died on 4 May 2021 in Moscow, Russia.
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Kiril Burdikhin is Russian actor and producer. He was born August 8, 1980 in Yaroslavl, Russia. Kirill graduated from Yaroslavl State Theater Institute in 2001. Studied on the course "Drama theatre and cinema actor". In 2001-2002 he was working in Moscow Regional Theater for Young People. In 2002-2005 played in Moscow Theater of Satire. In 2003-2004 he worked in Moscow Academic Mayakovskiy Theater. Played in such films as "Sekunda do...", "Gorodskoi Romans", "Rasplata za grekhi", "Aeroport-2", "Uzhin pri svechah", "Puteici", "Muzhchina i jenshina", "Advokat-3", "Shtrafbat" e.t.c.- Ivan Marin was born on 19 January 1905 in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for There Lived an Old Man and an Old Woman (1965), Mechta moya (1966) and Desyatyy shag (1967). He died on 6 February 1983 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Vadim Derbenyov was born on 18 June 1934 in Yaroslavl, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Posledniy mesyats oseni (1965), Ivan the Terrible (1976) and Rytsar mechty (1969). He died on 24 October 2016 in Moscow, Russia.