Aleksandr Borisov

Stalin Prize second degree (1947, 1951). Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (1975).

The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is acting, singing and film direction. Employment is recorded with Alexandrinsky Theatre. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour and Order of the Badge of Honour.

• Name — Aleksandr Borisov • Native Name — Александр Борисов • Born — 1 May 1905 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire • Died — 12 May 1982 • Place of death — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Actor, film director, screenwriter, singer • Years Active — 1938–1982

Borisov was born in Saint Petersburg into a poor family of a washerwoman and a kitchen worker. Borisov studied at the studio of the Alexandrinsky Theatre under mentorship of Yuri Yuryev; he joined the troupe of its studio theater upon graduation in 1927 and its main troupe in 1928. He died in Leningrad, and was buried in the Volkovo Cemetery.

• Friends (1938) – Nazarka, cossack • Ivan Pavlov (1949) – Ivan Pavlov – Stalin Prize first degree (1950) • Alexander Popov (1949) – Pyotr Nikolayevich Rybkin – Stalin Prize second degree (1951) • Mussorgsky (1950) – Modest Mussorgsky – Stalin Prize first degree (1951) • Belinsky (1953) – Alexander Herzen • Rimsky-Korsakov (1953) – Savva Mamontov • True Friends (1954) – Professor Aleksandr Fyodorovich Lapin • Maksim Perepelitsa (1955) – Marko Mukha • Different Fortunes (1956) – Roshchin's singing voice (role played by Bruno Freindlich) • October Days (1958) – Vershin, soldier • A Gentle Creature (1960; film director and screenwriter) • War and Peace (1966–1967) – Uncle Rostov • In S. City (1967) – Puzyryov • The Green Carriage (1967) – Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gedeonov