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Andrey Alekseevich Popov
Андрей Попов
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12 April 1918 - 10 June 1983
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Actor and director Andrei Popov was born in Kostroma, the son of actor Alexei Dmitrievich Popov. In 1939 he graduated from the Studio at the Central Theatre of the Red Army and became an actor of this theater, in 1963-1973 he served as the chief director of CATSA. Since 1974 he worked in the Moscow Art Theater, in 1977-1978 - chief director of the Stanislavsky Drama Theater. One of the best theatrical works of Andrei Popov is the image of Petruccio in Shakespeare's Taming the Shrew (1956). Of the
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Actor and director Andrei Popov was born in Kostroma, the son of actor Alexei Dmitrievich Popov. In 1939 he graduated from the Studio at the Central Theatre of the Red Army and became an actor of this theater, in 1963-1973 he served as the chief director of CATSA. Since 1974 he worked in the Moscow Art Theater, in 1977-1978 - chief director of the Stanislavsky Drama Theater. One of the best theatrical works of Andrei Popov is the image of Petruccio in Shakespeare's Taming the Shrew (1956). Of the roles he played on the stage, Yakov (Yakov Bogomolov by M. Gorky, 1962), John (Death of John the Terrible by A.K. Tolstoy, 1966), Lebedev (Ivanov by A.P. Chekhov, 1976) were especially distinguished. In the movie, the actor first starred in 1930 - a student in the film "Big Trouble", but really his film career jumped in 1947, with the picture "Marite". Among the famous works of the actor are Chadvik ("Memory of the Heart", 1958), Olga's Father ("Day Stars", 1968), Efim Nikolaevich ("The Teacher of Singing", 1973). In the film adaptations of the classics, Andrei Popov gave a new, original interpretation of the images: Dyukovsky ("Swedish Match", 1954), Iago ("Othello", 1956), the usurer ("Meek", 1960), Zakhar ("A few days from the life of Oblomov", 1980).