Yuri Zavadsky
Illustration — Yuri Zavadsky in 1922 Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky (12 July 1894, Moscow — 5 April 1977, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater director, actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1948) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). Zavadsky studied under Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and made his acting debut at Vakhtangov's theatre, playing Anthony in Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Miracle of St.
Also recorded as Yuri Alexandrovich Zavadsky · Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky
Yuri Zavadsky
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- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- actor, drama teacher and director.
- Fields
- directing and acting.
- Education
- Lomonosov Moscow State University.
- Honours
- Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Illustration — Yuri Zavadsky in 1922 Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky (12 July 1894, Moscow — 5 April 1977, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater director, actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1948) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). Zavadsky studied under Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and made his acting debut at Vakhtangov's theatre, playing Anthony in Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Miracle of St.
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He worked in various Russian theaters before moving to the Mossovet Theatre in Moscow as a director in 1940. The most famous actors of his company were Rostislav Plyatt (1908–89), Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984), Lyubov Orlova (1902–75), and his wife Vera Maretskaya (1906-1978). In 1924, he and Maretskaya married, and they had one son. They remained lifelong friends and stage partners, even after the end of their brief marriage.
Yuri Zavadsky studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is directing and acting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Soviet Union. Employment is recorded with Mossovet Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour and People's Artist of the USSR.
The authorities additionally record the headings Yuri Alexandrovich Zavadsky and Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky. His recorded language was Russian. He married Vera Maretskaya, Galina Ulanova and Irina Anisimova.
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1977
Yuri Zavadsky died at Moscow.
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Yuri Zavadsky received Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
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