Yevgeny Samoylov
Yevgeny Samoilov | |
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Евгений Самойлов | |
Born | Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov April 16, 1912 |
Died | February 17, 2006 | (aged 93)
Resting place | Vagankovo Cemetery Moscow, Russia |
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Actor |
Children | Tatiana Samoilova Alexander Samoilov |
Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov (Russian: Евгений Валерианович Самойлов; 16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a Soviet actor who gained prominence in youthful heroic parts and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was the father of Tatiana Samoilova.[1]
Life
Samoilov is not related to the famous
When Meyerhold was arrested and purged in 1938, Samoilov was in the middle of rehearsing for Pushkin's Boris Godunov (the role of
After the Meyerhold theatre was disbanded, Samoilov moved to Nikolay Okhlopkov's Mayakovsky Theatre, where he would work until the director's death in 1967. His role of Oleg Koshevoy in the first stage version of The Young Guard won him another Stalin Prize. One of the highlights of his career was Hamlet in Okhlopkov's production of 1954. It was the first post-war production of the play in the country and led to Okhlopkov's joint work with Peter Brook. In 1961, he was cast as Jason in the first-ever Russian production of Medea by Euripides. Six years later, he appeared in the role opposite Aspasia Papathanassiou of Greece.
In 1967 Samoilov rejoined his colleagues from the Meyerhold Theatre in the
Partial filmography
- Accidental Meeting (1936) - Grigoriy Rybin
- Tom Soyer (1936) - Doctor Robinzon
- Shchors (1939) - Nikolay Shchors
- V poiskakh radosti (1940) - Kirill Zhdarkin
- Tanya (1940) - Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
- Four Hearts (1941) - Don Pablo (segment "Nebo i ad" / "Heaven and Hell")
- Invisible Jan (1942) - Jani
- Is kidev dabrundeba (1943)
- David Bek (1944) - Kasyanov
- Six P.M. (1944) - Lieutenant Vasili Ivanovich Kudryashev
- Four Hearts (1945) - First Lieutenant Pyotr Nikitich Kolchin
- Sinegoriya (1946) - Amalgama
- Admiral Nakhimov (1947) - Lt. Burunov
- Novyy dom (1947) - Captain Ivan Veshnyak
- Malchik s okrainy (1948) - Andrey Skvortsov
- Boy from the Outskirts (1948) - father of Andrey
- Sud chesti (1949) - Nikolay
- Taras Shevchenko (1951) - Nikolay Aleksandrovich Speshnev
- The Unforgettable Year 1919(1951) - Nekhlyudov's son
- Adventure in Odessa (1953) - Nikolay Yefanov, otets Gleba
- Heroes of Shipka (1955) - Gen. Skobolov
- Krushenie emirata (1955) - M. V. Frunze
- Neokonchennaya povest (1955) - Aleksandr Aganin
- K Chyornomu moryu (1957) - Konstantin Aleksandrovich Kokhlov
- Oleko Dundich (1958) - Bodrov
- Zare navstrechu (1960) - Savych
- Bessonnaya noch (1960) - Pavel's father
- Lyudi moey doliny (1961) - Yevgeniy Burchak
- Parqi oghakner (1962) - Vasilyev
- The Alive and the Dead(1964)
- The Enchanted Desna (1964) - Colonel Aleksandr Petrovich
- Waterloo (1970) - Cambronne
- Zvyozdy ne gasnut (1971) - G.V. Chicherin
- Krusheniye imperii (1971) - Savva Abramovich Petrushin
- Dlinnaya doroga v korotkiy den (1972) - Mikhail Petrovich
- They Fought for Their Country (1975) - Marchenko
- Boris Godunov (1986) - monk Pimen
- Caccia alla vedova (1991) - Priest
- V nachale bylo slovo (1992) - Father Superior (final film role)
Honours and awards
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd class
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th class
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Medal "Veteran of Labour"
- Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
References
- ISBN 1442268425.
- (in Russian) Biography on the site of Maly Theatre
- (in Russian) Filmography of Evgeny Samoilov
Further reading
- N. Barskaya. Ye. V. Samoilov. Moscow, 1951.
External links
- Yevgeny Samoylov at IMDb
- Yevgeny Samoylov at AllMovie