Best actors of the Soviet cinema
by arensi0 | created - 17 Mar 2019 | updated - 30 Mar 2022 | Public
1. Andrey Mironov
Actor | Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov
Andrei Mironov was a Soviet comedian known for The Diamond Arm (1969)
He was born Andrei Aleksandrovich Menaker on March 8, 1941, in Moscow. His father, Aleksandr Semenovich Menaker, and his mother, Mariya Mironova, were famous actors in the Soviet Union. From 1958-1962 he studied acting at the ...
2. Yuriy Nikulin
Actor | Brilliantovaya ruka
Yuri Nikulin was a Russian film actor, comedian, mime, and circus clown who was also Artistic Director of Moscow Circus and popular TV show host.
He was born Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin on December 18, 1921, in the town of Demidov, Smolensk province, Central Russia. His father, Vladimir Andreevich ...
3. Vasiliy Livanov
Actor | Don Kikhot vozvrashchaetsya
Vasili Borisovich Livanov was born on July 19, 1935, in Moscow, into the family of famous Russian actors. His grandfather, named Nikolai Livanov, was a notable theatre actor in Moscow. His father, named Boris Livanov, was a leading actor of the Moscow Art Theatre and a personal friend of Boris ...
4. Andrey Myagkov
Actor | Sluzhebnyy roman
Andrey Myagkov, one of Russia's most familiar faces and a leading actor of the Moscow Art Theatre (MXAT) who starred in the 1970's comedy The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1976), made a comeback in the sequel The Irony of Fate 2 (2007).
He was born Andrey Vasilevich Myagkov on July 8, 1938, in...
5. Anatoliy Papanov
Actor | Brilliantovaya ruka
Anatoliy Dmitrievich Papanov was born on October 31, 1922, in Vyasma, Smolensk region, USSR. His father, named Dmitri Filippovich Papanov, was a Russian industrial worker. His mother, named Elena Bronislavovna Roskovskaya, was of Polish ancestry. Young Papanov moved to Moscow with his parents in ...
6. Aleksandr Shirvindt
Actor | 12 stulev
Aleksandr Shirvindt was born on July 19, 1934 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Twelve Chairs (1977), Chao! (1977) and Bezumnyy den ili zhenitba Figaro (1974). He was married to Natalya Nikolaevna Belousova . He died on March 15, 2024 in Moscow, ...
7. Frunzik Mkrtchyan
Actor | Kavkazskaya plennitsa, ili Novye priklyucheniya Shurika
He studied in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio, then finished at the Acting Department of Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre. Since 1953 he has performed in the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan. He also directed many successful productions, best of them Maxim Gorky's "The Lower ...
8. Vakhtang Kikabidze
Actor | Mimino
Vakhtang Konstantinovich Kikabidze, an actor, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and producer, was born in Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia on July 19, 1938. He was also a politician who served in the Parliament of Georgia from 2020 until his death.
He was awarded the USSR State Prize, the Orders of King ...
9. Oleg Yankovskiy
Actor | Nostalghia
Yankovsky was named best actor in a 1984 reader poll by Soviet Screen for his role in "In Love Because He Wants to Be." He was awarded the State Prize in 1987 for his role in "Flying Asleep and Awake." In 1989 he received the Vasiliev State Prize for his role in "The Kreutzer Sonata." Yakovsky was ...
10. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Actor | Ischeznuvshaya imperiya
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was awarded the Armenian Republican State Prize in 1975 for "Triangle" and again in 1979 for "Snow in Mourning." He was named People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1985. Dzhigarkhanyan began his acting career in 1955 at the Russian Stanislavsky Theatre in Yerevan, and in 1967 ...
11. Evgeniy Leonov
Actor | Osenniy marafon
Evegeni Leonov was a Russian actor best known for leading roles in comedies, such as Kin-dza-dza! (1986) and Gentlemen of Fortune (1971).
He was born Evgeni Pavlovich Leonov on September 2, 1926, in Moscow, Russia, USSR (now Moscow, Russia). He was the second son in the family. His father, Pavel ...
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