Mikhail Tsaryov
Mikhail Ivanovich Tsaryov (November 18 [December 1] 1903 — November 4, 1987) was a Soviet theater and film actor, theater director, master of the artistic word (reader). People's Artist of the USSR (1949). Hero of Socialist Labor (1973).
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- Name
- Mikhail Tsaryov
- Birth Name
- Mikhail Ivanovich Tsaryov
- Birthplace
- Tver, Russian Empire
- Born
- 1 December 1903
- Died
- 4 November 1987
- Place of death
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
- Awards
- People's Artist of the USSR (1949)
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- actor · theatre director · drama teacher · pedagogue · university teacher
- Fields
- acting · directing · pedagogy of acting
- Education
- Tsarskoye Selo Gymnasium
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · USSR State Prize · Order of Lenin · Hero of Socialist Labour · Order of the October Revolution · People's Artist of the USSR
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Mikhail Ivanovich Tsaryov (November 18 [December 1] 1903 — November 4, 1987) was a Soviet theater and film actor, theater director, master of the artistic word (reader). People's Artist of the USSR (1949). Hero of Socialist Labor (1973).
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Mikhail Tsaryov (1903–1987) was a Russian and Soviet actor, drama teacher and pedagogue, among other activities. Born in Tver, the actor died in Moscow.
Mikhail Tsaryov studied at Tsarskoye Selo Gymnasium. The actor worked for Kachalov State Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre and Maly Theatre. Mikhail Tsaryov was active in acting, directing and pedagogy of acting.
Languages used include Russian. The actor received Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin and Order of the October Revolution, among others.
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The winner of the Stalin Prize second degree (1947) and the State Prize of the USSR (1969). Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (1977) Member of the CPSU (b) since 1949.
Mikhail Tsaryov studied at Tsarskoye Selo Gymnasium. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is acting, directing and pedagogy of acting. Employment is recorded with Maly Theatre and Kachalov State Academic Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Order of Lenin and Hero of Socialist Labour.
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• Name — Mikhail Tsaryov • Birth Name — Mikhail Ivanovich Tsaryov • Birthplace — Tver, Russian Empire • Born — 1 December 1903 • Died — 4 November 1987 • Place of death — Moscow, RSFSR, USSR • Awards — People's Artist of the USSR (1949)
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• 1932: First Platoon as Lieutenant Kerenko • 1933: The Storm as Boris Grigoryevich • 1934: Twice Born as Brovko • 1936: Gobsek as old organ-grinder • 1938: Treasure Island as Dr. Livesay • 1942: Concert to the Front as reader • 1952: Woe from Wit as Alexander Andreevich Chatsky • 1952: There Are Enough Common People for Every Wise Man as Glumov • 1957: Pigmalion as Henry Higgins • 1958: The Poem of the Sea as Aristarkhov • 1974: House of Ostrovsky as King Berendey • 1981: Profitable Place as Aristarkh Vladimirovich Vyshnevsky
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