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Also known as Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov, Mihail Žarov

Russian and Soviet actor, film and theatre director (1899–1981)

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Mikhail Zharov was a male stage and film actor, as well as a film and theatrical director. Born in Moscow in 1899, he held citizenship in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. His professional career spanned from 1915 to 1978. He worked for the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theater and the Maly Theatre. Zharov was a member of the Association of Filmmakers of the USSR, the Blue Blouse group, and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

He received several awards, including the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the October Revolution, and the title People's Artist of the USSR. He was married to Lyudmila Tselikovskaya. Zharov died in Moscow on December 15, 1981, and is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. His native name was Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov. He spoke Russian and worked in the fields of theatre, film, acting, and film direction.

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Moscow, Russia

Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov is a Soviet theater and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1944) and People's Artist of the USSR (October 26, 1949). In 1920, he graduated from the studio at the theater of the Artistic and Educational Union of Workers' Organization. He acted in theaters No. 1 of the Revolutionary Military Union of the Republic, the Safonov Theater, the Baku Workers' Theater, the…

Known for

  • The Village Detective: A Song Cycle — Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)2021
  • The Power of Darkness — Митрич1978
  • Aniskin Again — Aniskin1977
  • The Ostrovsky House — Лыняев1974
  • Aniskin and Fantomas — Фёдор Иванович Анискин, старший лейтенант милиции1974
  • Aniskin and Fantomas — Фёдор Анискин1973
  • The Very Last Day — Семен Митрофанович Ковалев1973
  • Our Friend Maxim1973
  • That's How It Will Be — Воронцов1973
  • A Narym Divorce1972

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Key facts

Born
Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov , ( 1899-10-27 ) 27 October 1899, Moscow , Russian Empire
Died
15 December 1981 (1981-12-15) (aged 82), Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupations
Actor, theater and film director
Years active
1915–1978

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mikhail
Family name
Zharov
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Moscow
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
public figure
Employer
Maly Theatre
Languages spoken
Russian
Field of work
film direction
Image
Mikhail Zharov in 1980 (cropped).jpg
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place of burial
Novodevichy Cemetery
date of birth
1899-10-27
date of death
1981-12-15
member of
Blue Blouse
Commons category
Mikhail Zharov
start of work period
1915-00-00
end of work period
1978-00-00
name in native language
Михаил Иванович Жаров
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Encyclopedic overview

Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Жа́ров; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1974).

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