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Also known as Mark Naumovich Bernes

Soviet actor and singer (1911–1969)

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Type
Person
Country
SU
Active from
1911-09-25
Active to
1969-08-16

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This is an incorrect tag for Марк Бернес. If this non-artist appears in your charts, do last.fm and yourself a favor. Fix your artist tags. Mark Naumovich Bernes (Russian: Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с, Mark Naumovič Bernes) (September 21 [O.S. September 8] 1911, Nezhin, Russian Empire - August 16, 1969, Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet actor and singer of Jewish ancestry, who performed some of the most poignant songs to come out of the World War II, including Tyomnaya noch (1943) and Zhuravli (1

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Born
Menakhem-Man Neukh Neyman , ( 1911-10-08 ) 8 October 1911 , Nizhyn , Chernigov Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
16 August 1969 (1969-08-16) (aged 57) , Moscow, Soviet Union , (now Russia)
Resting place
Novodevichy Cemetery , Moscow
Occupations
Actor, singer
Years active
1929–1969

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Mark Bernes
date of birth
1911-10-08
date of death
1969-08-16
start of work period
1929-00-00
end of work period
1969-00-00
name in native language
Марк Берне́с
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Sample of "Shalandy polnyie kefali" by Mark Bernes (1943)

Soviet postcard with scenes from Bernes movies Mark Naumovich Bernes (Russian: Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (born Menakhem-Man Neukh-Shmuylov Neyman, Russian: Мена́хем-Ман Не́ухович Не́йман; 8 October [O.S. 25 September] 1911, – 16 August 1969) was a Soviet film actor and chansonnier. He is widely regarded as among the most popular artists of the Soviet stage in the 1950s-1960s, and performed a number of poignant songs about World War II, including "Dark Is the Night" (Russian: Тёмная ночь, "Tyomnaya noch"; 1943) and "Cranes" (Russian: Журавли, "Zhuravli"; 1969). He is also credited with playing a primary role in the formation of the golden fund of Soviet song classics. Stalin Prize of first degree (1951).

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