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Mikhail Zharov

Born
Oct 27, 1899 · Aged 82
Died
Dec 15, 1981
Place of birth
Moscow, Russia
Gender
Male
Movie credits
69
TV credits
1
Directing credits
4
Also known as (8)
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov
  • M.I. Jaroff
  • M. Zharov
  • Михаил Иванович Жаров
  • Michail Iwanowitsch Scharow
  • Mihail Žarov
  • M. I. Jaroff
  • М. Жаров

Biography

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 Realistic Theater, and the Moscow Chamber Theater. From 1938, he was an actor and director at the Maly Theater. He made his film debut in 1915 with a tiny, practically unnoticeable role as an oprichnik…