Evgeny Lebedev was born in the town of Balakovo, Saratov province on January 15, 1917. The father of the family was a priest, and they had to travel around the country. In 1927, the boy was sent to live in Samara with his grandfather.
In 1932, the actor began to work in the Samara theater of working youth, but a year later he had to move to Moscow, where he entered the theater of the Red Army, and 3 years later he was accepted in GITIS.
In 1937, Lebedev received a diploma and entered the school
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Evgeny Lebedev was born in the town of Balakovo, Saratov province on January 15, 1917. The father of the family was a priest, and they had to travel around the country. In 1927, the boy was sent to live in Samara with his grandfather.
In 1932, the actor began to work in the Samara theater of working youth, but a year later he had to move to Moscow, where he entered the theater of the Red Army, and 3 years later he was accepted in GITIS.
In 1937, Lebedev received a diploma and entered the school at the Cameron Theatre. In 1940 he left Moscow for Tbilisi, where he was sent to work.
Evgeny Lebedev quickly became a leading actor of the theater, brilliantly playing in productions of Ostrovsky’s plays “Our People – We Will Count”, “Poverty is not a vice”, as well as in children’s plays as Baba Yaga.
In 1949, he returned to Moscow again, but for a short time, as he received an invitation to work in the Leningrad Theatre.
The debut in the film took place when Eugene was 35 years old, he played a small role in the film “Roman-Korsakov”, and then in the film adaptation of the novel.
Two Captains" . In subsequent years, Lebedev constantly starred in films, receiving supporting roles: “Train of Mercy”, “Virgin Raised”,
"Wedding in a robin" .
In 1965, the actor was finally offered the lead role in the lyrical drama The Last Month of Autumn by Leonid Derbenev. No less vividly he later played a role in the novel “Fatal Shot”, on which Vasily Shukshin worked.
The best images created by the famous actor are considered to be the Queen in the epic “Blockade” and Boris Savinkov in the series “Syndicate 2”.
The actor suffered a severe stroke, which was accompanied by loss of speech. Doctors said that he would have to forget about the scene, but he found the strength to return to the cinema and theater.
The last paintings of Eugene became
To whom God will send "Tango on Palace Square" and "Theatre of Chehonte".
Evgeny Lebedev died on June 9, 1997.