About Yury Vasilyev
Lived 1939 – 1999 (aged 59). Yury Vasilyev was a Russian actor and film actor.
Yury Nikolayevich Vasilyev (; October 12, 1939 — June 4, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He is best known for film roles in The Journalist and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980). He was considered a sex symbol of Soviet cinema.
Selected filmography Washington's Story (1960) as Buddy Brooks The Journalist (1967) as Yuri Aliabiev Fathers and Sons (1974) as Arkady Die Fledermaus (1979) as Prince Orlovsky Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980) as Rodion Rachkov We Are from Jazz (1983) as jazz band leader Valentin and Valentina (1985) as Slava
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Who was Yury Vasilyev?
Soviet and Russian actor (1939–1999)
When was Yury Vasilyev born?
Yury Vasilyev was born on 12 October 1939 in Moscow.
When did Yury Vasilyev die?
Yury Vasilyev died on 4 June 1999 in Moscow.
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Yury Vasilyev was an actor and film actor.
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Yury Vasilyev was Russian.
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