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Viktor Smirnov-Golovanov

Born
Sep 6, 1934 · Aged 78
Died
Apr 22, 2013
Place of birth
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Gender
Male
Movie credits
1
TV credits
0
Directing credits
1
Also known as (4)
  • Виктор Смирнов-Голованов
  • Виктор Викторович Смирнов
  • Виктор Смирнов
  • Viktor Smirnov

Biography

Viktor Viktorovich Smirnov (real name Smirnov-Golovanov) is a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and theater director, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1981). He was born in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR in the family of director and screenwriter Viktor Fyodorovich Smirnov and Ekaterina Efimovna Smirnova (née Golovanova). In 1952 he graduated from the Moscow Choreographic School (class of N.I. Tarasov). In 1953-1974 he was a ballet dancer at the Bolshoi Theater. He was the author of the Russian text for the play "The Tale of the Soldier and the Devil" (1964). Even before the end of his career as an…