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Igor Vladimirov

1919 – 1999

Soviet and Russian actor and theatre director

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Lived 1919 – 1999 (aged 80). Igor Vladimirov was a Russian actor, theatre director, film director, drama teacher and director.

Igor Petrovich Vladimirov (; 1 January 1919 – 20 March 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater and film director, and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR. From 1960 until his death in 1999 he was the Principal Director of the Lensovet Theatre in Leningrad.

Biography Vladimirov was born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro). His family soon after birth moved to Kharkiv, and then to Leningrad in 1932.

He died in Saint Petersburg at the age of 80, and was buried at the Bolsheokhtinskoye Cemetery along with his parents.

Filmography

The Secret of Two Oceans (1956) as Andrei Skvoreshnya October Days (1958) as Georgy Blagonravov Your Contemporary (1967) as Vasily Vasilyevich Gubanov Taming of the Fire (1972) as General Anatoly Golovin Wrong Connection (1977) as Rolan Matveyevich Lonshakov Old-Fashioned Comedy (1978) as Rodion Nikolayevich Semyonov, head doctor of the sanatorium Front in the Rear of the Enemy (1981) as Voldemar Fribe Fairy tales... fairy tales... fairy tales of the old Arbat (1982) as Fyodor Kuzmich Balyasnikov Lethargy (1983) as Mikhail Nikolayevich Obolensky, composer The Life of Klim Samgin (1988) as Andrei Sergeyevich Prozorov

Awards and honours Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" (1945) Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1946) Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" (1957) Honoured Worker of the Arts Industry of the RSFSR (1966) Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1970) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974) People's Artist of the USSR (1978) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1979) Order of Lenin (1990) Order of Friendship (1994)

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University, Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute
Employers
Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater, Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre
Awards
Order of Lenin; People's Artist of the USSR; Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Order of Friendship; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; People's Artist of the RSFSR; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Also known as
Igor Petrovich Vladimirov

Family & relationships

Spouse
Alisa Freindlich
Spouse
Zinaida Sharko

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Igor Vladimirov?

Soviet and Russian actor and theatre director (1919–1999)

When was Igor Vladimirov born?

Igor Vladimirov was born on 1 January 1919 in Dnipro.

When did Igor Vladimirov die?

Igor Vladimirov died on 20 March 1999 in Saint Petersburg.

What was Igor Vladimirov's occupation?

Igor Vladimirov was an actor, theatre director, film director, drama teacher and director.

What nationality was Igor Vladimirov?

Igor Vladimirov was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Igor Vladimirov

· Wikidata: Q4113106

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