Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-50 of 110
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Viktor Merezhko was born on 28 July 1937 in Olgenfeld, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union [now Yuzhny, Russia]. He was a writer and director, known for Khutoryanin (2013), Zdravstvuy i proshchay (1973) and Zhuravl v nebe (1978). He was married to Tamara Vadimovna Merezhko. He died on 30 January 2022 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.- Alexander Sizonenko was born on 20 July 1959 in Zaporozh'ye, Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zaporizhia, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Sedem jednou ranou (1991). He died on 5 January 2012 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Roy Kellerman was born on 14 March 1915 in Michigan, USA. He died on 22 March 1984 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
- Polina Sokolova was an actress, known for Little Big: Faradenza (2018), Little Big: Skibidi (Romantic Edition) (2019) and Little Big Feat. Tommy Cash: Give Me Your Money (2015). She died on 19 June 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Producer
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
George Geiger was born on 17 October 1947 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Hunter (1984), Scout's Safari (2002) and Earth: Final Conflict (1997). He died on 17 February 2022 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Valerie Carter was an American singer-songwriter who began her career singing in coffeehouses as a teenager, and eventually became one-third of the country-folk band Howdy Moon. Though they debuted at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles, California, in 1974, their one album is now fairly obscure. It is notable, however, for the Carter-penned song "Cook with Honey", later a hit for Judy Collins, and for the introduction of Carter to Lowell George, who produced the next album. He would be a mentor to her until his death in 1979 and introduced her to Jackson Browne, James Taylor, and many of the artists she would work with throughout her career. Her first solo album, Just a Stone's Throw Away, featured an impressive array of guest artists from the 1970s Southern California music scene including Maurice White, Lowell George, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Deniece Williams. The album was well received and garnered favorable reviews and placed her as the opening act for the Eagles in Europe. Two years later, she released another album Wild Child, and began touring with various artists primarily James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Linda Ronstadt. Carter then released another solo album, The Way It Is, with guest artists including Phoebe Snow, Lyle Lovett, Edwin McCain, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne. Carter was a guest vocalist on more than 100 records throughout her career and remained active in the industry until her death in 2017.- Ernst Romanov was born on 9 April 1936 in Kabakovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Serov, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Russkiy bunt (2000), Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya (2000) and Moya lubov-revolutsiya (1981). He died on 25 February 2024 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Nina Urgant was a Russian character actress known as Raya in Belorussky Station (1971) by director Andrey Smirnov.
She was born Nina Nikolayevna Urgant on 4 September 1929, in Luga, Leningrad province, Soviet Union (now Russia). Her father, Nikolai Urgant, was an officer in the Soviet Red Army who fought in WWII. Young Nina survived the Nazi occupation during the Second World War. After the war, her family moved to Leningrad (St. Petersburg). From 1948 to 1953 she studied acting under Tatiana Soynikova and Vladimir Chestnokov at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography, graduating in 1953 as actress. That same year she made her stage debut at the Volkov Academic Theatre in Yaroslavl, Russia. From 1955 to 1962 she was a member of the troupe at Theatre of Leninskogo Komsomola in Leningrad under directorship of Georgi Tovstonogov.
Since 1962, Nina was a permanent member and the leading actress at the Pushkin (Aleksandrinka) Drama Theatre in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). There her stage partners were such remarkable actors as Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Simonov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Konstantin Skorobogatov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Aleksandr Borisov, Bruno Frejndlikh, Vladimir Chestnokov, Vladimir Erenberg, Konstantin Adashevsky, Leonid Vivyen, Olga Lebzak, Nina Mamaeva, Lidiya Shtykan, Ivan Dmitriev, Igor Gorbachyov, and other notable Russian actors. There, Nina Urgant made memorable appearances in various classic and contemporary plays, such as, Beatrice in the Shakespeare's "Much ado About Nothing" and as Ranevskaya in "Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov among other plays. During her stage acting career, Nina worked under such directors, as Leonid Vivyen, Aleksandr Belinsky, Vladimir Fokin, Igor Gorbachyov and many others.
Nina Urgant was designated People's Actress of Russian Federation (1974) and was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1976). She also received awards and decorations for her contribution to Soviet and Russian culture. Her son, Andrey Urgant, and grandson, Ivan Urgant are popular Russian actors. Nina lived in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Todd Lawhorne was born on 4 March 1975 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for In Plain Sight (2004), The Bros. (2007) and Army Wives (2007). He was married to Amanda. He died on 24 March 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
- Leslie Woolf was born on 10 December 1925 in Watertown, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Producers' Showcase (1954). He died on 3 June 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
- Anatoliy Shvederskiy was born on 6 May 1924. He was an actor, known for Russian Ark (2002), Window to Paris (1993) and Noch greshnikov (1991). He died on 8 June 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Pardoll was born on 25 December 1908 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Born Yesterday (1950), ...One Third of a Nation... (1939) and Where It's At (1969). He died on 2 November 1988 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.- Actress
- Director
Lyudmila Shuvalova was born on 13 November 1926 in Dyatkovo, Branskaya guberniya, RSFSR, USSR. She was an actress and director, known for Null kolm (1965), Dostigaev i drugie (1961) and 31 otdel (1972). She was married to Vsevolod Strzhelnik. She died on 11 November 2022 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.- Actor
- Producer
Aleksandr Tyutryumov was born on 22 April 1959 in Podporozhye, Podporozhsky District, Leningrad Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor and producer, known for Ekspiriens (2015), Angliyskiy russkiy (2013) and Uboynaya sila (2000). He died on 7 May 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Valeriy Kravchenko is a Soviet and Russian film and television actor, dubbing actor.
He was born in Mongolia, where his family lived in evacuation. After the end of World War II, the family moved to Bobruysk. In 1961 Valeriy became the champion of Belarus in boxing among juniors. Soon after that, he decided to connect his life with art and went to Leningrad to enter the theater school. In 1966 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography.
Valeriy Kravchenko made his film debut in Ne zabud... Stantsiya Lugovaya (1967). He starred in more than 70 films and TV shows, worked a lot as a dubbing actor. - Gennadi Petrovich Bogachev was born on March 6, 1945, in Shatsk, Russia. From 1965 to 1969 he studied at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography graduating in 1969 as actor. Since 1969 Bogachev has been a permanent member of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre in St. Peterburg (Leningrad). He worked under the leadership of the legendary director Georgi Tovstonogov for 20 years. After the death of Tovstonogov, Bogachev continued his work with an outstanding ensemble of actors at BDT. There his stage partners were such stars as Kirill Lavrov, Oleg Basilashvili, Tatyana Doronina, Alisa Freyndlikh, Lyudmila Makarova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Valentina Kovel, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Sergey Yurskiy, Oleg Borisov, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yefim Kopelyan, Evgeniy Lebedev, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Georgiy Shtil, Nikolay Trofimov, Andrey Tolubeev, and many other remarkable Russian actors.
Gennadi Bogachev has been enjoying a busy acting career on stage and in film. His stage works include leading roles in classic plays by Maxim Gorky, William Shakespeare, Mikhail Sholokhov and Charles Dickens. His latest film-works include 'Brezhnev' (2005) and "Master and Margaret" (2005) an adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Bogachev was designated People's Artist of Russia (1990) and received awards and decorations from the Russian state. He is living and working in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Vladlen Chistyakov was born on 5 April 1929 in Sharya, Kostromskaya oblast, USSR. He was a composer, known for Zdravstvuy i proshchay (1973), Starshaya sestra (1967) and Vsyo ostayotsya lyudyam (1963). He died on 1 February 2011 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lyudmila Senchina was born on 13 December 1950 in Kudryavtsy, Nikolaevskaya oblast, Ukrainskaya SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Shelmenko-denshchik (1971), Armed and Dangerous: Time and Heroes of Bret Harte (1978) and Lyubov zemnaya (1975). She was married to Vladimir Andreev, Stas Namin and Vyacheslav Timoshin. She died on 25 January 2018 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Yuri Jadrovsky was born on 22 December 1963 in Tihvin, USSR. He was an actor, known for Moonlight People (2019). He died on 29 July 2016 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Actor
- Producer
Igor Shibanov was born on 14 September 1944 in the USSR. He was an actor and producer, known for Brother (1997), Moya starshaya sestra (2008) and How Not to Rescue a Princess (2010). He died on 20 September 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Romualds Grinblats was born on 11 April 1930 in Tver, RSFSR, USSR. He was a composer, known for Slomannaya podkova (1973), Verba seraya tsyetyot (1961) and Noktirne (1966). He died on 14 August 1995 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Dee Lee was born on 12 May 2001. He was an actor, known for Dee Lee: Man Down (2021) and Dee Lee feat. Mari: Unexpected (2021). He died on 30 March 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Aleksandr Kolker was born on 28 July 1933 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. He was a composer, known for Lichnaya zhizn Kuzyaeva Valentina (1968), Puteshestvie v drugoy gorod (1980) and Zavtra, tretyego aprelya... (1971). He was married to Margarita Dmitrievna Strygina and Mariya Pakhomenko. He died on 1 August 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Stanislav Sokolov was born on 9 May 1940 in Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Slomannaya podkova (1973), Konets sveta (1962) and Ya vas lyubil... (1968). He died on 20 August 2010 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Pavel Rudakov was born on 6 July 1915 in Tula, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Ne imey 100 rubley... (1959), Ulitsa polna neozhidannostey (1958) and Bumazhnye glaza Prishvina (1990). He died on 16 January 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Liana Zhvaniya was born on 20 May 1949. She was an actress, known for Uboynaya sila (2000), Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Dvenadtsat mesyatsev (1973). She died on 25 March 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Edgar Garrik was born in 1906 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Conquest of Peter the Great (1938) and Heroes of Shipka (1955). He died in 1957 in Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].
- Cinematographer
Viktor Karasyov was born on 23 August 1934 in Zaporozhye, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. Viktor was a cinematographer, known for Nochnaya smena (1971), Vsyo reshayet mgnoveniye (1979) and Ulitsa Nyutona, dom 1 (1963). Viktor died on 10 December 2014 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Andrei Romanov was born on 27 July 1956 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor and composer, known for Brother (1997), Assa (1987) and Polnolunie (1993). He died on 29 June 2000 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Writer
- Director
Sergei Potepalov was born on 8 February 1937 in Leningrad, USSR. He was a writer and director, known for Chuzhaya kompaniya (1980), Krik o pomoshchi (1988) and Podslushannyy razgovor (1984). He died on 14 February 2022 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Aleksandr Prokofyev was born on 2 December 1900 in Kobona, Sankt Peterburgskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Kirovskiy municipal rayon, Leningradskaya oblast, Russia]. Aleksandr is known for Red Army Days (1935) and Dragotsennye zyorna (1948). Aleksandr died on 18 September 1971 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- Andrey Panov was born on 23 March 1960 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Vzlomshchik (1987) and Gospodi, prosti nas, greshnykh (1992). He died on 20 August 1998 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Music Department
- Composer
Eduard Grikurov was born on 11 April 1907 in Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tiblisi, Georgia]. Eduard was a composer, known for Moya rodina (1933), Son of Mongolia (1936) and Shame (1932). Eduard died on 13 December 1982 in Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- Music Department
Buster Cooper was born on 4 April 1929 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. He is known for Satan in High Heels (1962) and Duke Ellington: Live in Montreal (1964). He died on 13 May 2016 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.- Viktoriya Shlyadinskaya was born on 16 January 1926 in Former USSR. She was an actress, known for Russkie strashilki (2001). She died on 25 July 2007 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Alfred Dobbelt was born on 3 December 1903 in Ryazan, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Alfred was a cinematographer and director, known for Sportivnaya likhoradka (1927), Poslednyaya skorost (1929) and Konkurs na... (1929). Alfred died on 3 February 1982 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- Production Designer
Aleksey Fedotov was born on 6 August 1923 in the USSR. He was a production designer, known for Sledy na snegu (1955), Dzhura (1964) and V moey smerti proshu vinit Klavu K. (1980). He died on 14 January 1995 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.- Zinaida Afanasenko was born on 8 February 1930. She was an actress, known for Vlyublyon po sobstvennomu zhelaniyu (1982), Sofya Kovalevskaya (1956) and Gospoda Golovlyovy (1969). She died on 6 April 2015 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Born December 25, 1909 in Vologda in a family of workers. As a schoolboy, he was fond of theater and cinema. Since 1926, he was a member of the Vologda literary group Struggle, he collaborated with the newspaper. An employee of the script department of the Leningrad film factory Sovkino since 1930, then moved to assistant director. In parallel, he studied at the director's department of the State Institute of Cinematography, graduated in 1932. He began working at the Leningrad newsreel studio. In August 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army, graduated from junior lieutenant courses. In December of the same year, he was commissioned due to illness. Being in the besieged Leningrad, from February 1942 he was involved in work with newsreels. After The Second World War, he remained at the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio, as a director working on films and releases of film periodicals. He died in 1968.- Aleksandra Gribunina was born on 11 September 1866 in Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Proklyatye milliony (1917), Dekabristy (1927) and Snova na zemle (1921). She died on 28 January 1942 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Yelena Mironova was born on 4 November 1908 in Libava, Russian Empire [now Liepaja, Latvia]. Yelena was an editor, known for Evo Zvali Robert (1967), Under Sunny Skies (1948) and Myortvyy sezon (1968). Yelena died on 10 October 1974 in Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- Oleg Evgenievich Grigoriev (1943-1992) - a poet and artist, a prominent representative of the Leningrad underground, was born in evacuation in the Vologda region. After the war, he moved to Leningrad with his mother and brother. He drew from early childhood, and was supposed to become an artist. He studied at the art school at the Academy of Arts, was expelled from it in 1960 with the wording "for formalism", in fact - for trying to defend his individuality. With many well-known artists today, he retained friendship. He worked as a watchman, stoker, janitor. In 1961 he composed the quatrain "I asked the electrician Petrov", which became a well-known "children's folk" poem. In 1971, he published the first book of children's poems and stories called "Eccentrics", which became popular; according to several works from it ("Hospitality", "Orange"), issues of the magazine "Yeralash" were made. Many of his poems have entered the St. Petersburg urban folklore. His poems are distinguished by aphoristic, paradoxical, elements of absurdity and black humor, which is why he is often put on a par with Kharms and other Oberiuts. However, Grigoriev differs from them in greater immediacy, sincerity and childish vulnerability. In the early 70s, he was sentenced to two years "for parasitism", was serving a sentence of forced labor - the construction of a plant in the Vologda region. Was released early. In 1975, he took part in a well-known exhibition in the Nevsky Palace of Culture. In 1981, his second children's book, Vitamin Growth, was published in Moscow. Poems from it aroused indignation among some representatives of the "official" literary circles, and Grigoriev was not admitted to the Writers' Union. His next book, "The Talking Raven", was already published in perestroika, in 1989. In the same year, he received a second conviction ("for debauchery and resistance to the police") with a suspended sentence; many poets and writers then came out in his defense. Six months before his death, he was admitted to the Writers' Union. Died April 30, 1992. Petersburg from perforation of a stomach ulcer. He was buried in St. Petersburg, at the Volkovsky cemetery, and in a house on the street. Pushkinskaya, 10 opened a memorial plaque with his name.
- Script and Continuity Department
- Writer
Isaak Glikman was born on 11 January 1911 in Vitebsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was a writer, known for Cherry Town (1963), Knyaz Igor (1969) and Mister Iks (1958). He died on 31 July 2003 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.- Aleksandr Beloshev was born on 15 July 1964 in Former USSR. He was an actor, known for Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Vovkulakiya, ili Zagadka doktora Nikodima (1996). He died on 31 August 2006 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Lev Shostak was born on 27 November 1910 in Proskurov, Russian Empire [now Khmelnitsky, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Chetvyortyy periskop (1939), Zalp Avrory (1965) and The Music of Love: Claude Debussy's Passions (1995). He died on 2 January 1996 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Music Department
- Writer
- Actor
Mikhail Dudin was born on 20 November 1916 in Ivanovo, Russia. He was a writer and actor, known for Klyuch bez prava peredachi (1977), Zhavoronok (1965) and Maksim Perepelitsa (1956). He died on 31 December 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.- Valeriy Ryazanov was born on 26 February 1908 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Sleeping Beauty (1964) and Lebedinoe ozero (1969). He died on 29 December 1972 in Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].
- Zhanna Sukhopolskaya was born on 7 January 1932 in Leningrad, USSR. She was an actress, known for Prostaya veshch (1958), Little Hare (1965) and Chetvero (1958). She died on 1 June 2019 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Lenny Dee was born on 5 January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 12 February 2006 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
- Arkadi Gagulashvili was born on 24 January 1934 in Oktemberyan, Armyanskaya SSR, USSR. He was a composer, known for Rokirovka v dlinnuyu storonu (1969), Dva dolgikh gudka v tumane (1981) and Satana (1991). He died on 17 November 2004 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.