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Yevgeny Samoylov

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Also known as Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoylov, Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov

Soviet and Russian actor (1912–2006)

Film & TV

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin…

Known for

  • The Siege of Venice — Priest1991
  • The Night of the Iguana1991
  • Boris Godunov — Pimen1987
  • Boris Godunov — Pimen1986
  • Unripe Raspberries — Адольф1985
  • Shore of his life — Semyonov-Tyan-Shanskiy1984
  • Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich — князь Иван Петрович Шуйский1981
  • Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa — герцог Дориа1980
  • They Fought for Their Motherland — Colonel Marchenko1975
  • A Long Path on a Short Day — Mikhail Petrovich1972

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russia
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
actor
Employer
Armenfilm
Languages spoken
Russian
Image
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place of burial
Vagankovo Cemetery
date of birth
1912-04-03
date of death
2006-02-17
Commons category
Yevgeny Samoylov
start of work period
1932-00-00
end of work period
2003-00-00
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