Nikolay Cherkasov (I) (1903–1966) |
The preeminent Russian actor, at least in Western eyes, of the first half of the twentieth century. He became interested in the theatre as a teenager and joined the Teatr Mariinskij as a stagehand in 1918. He apprenticed with various traveling companies and therein learned ballet, pantomime, and acrobatics. He studied at the St. Petersburg (...
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Died:(age 63) in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia] |