Oleg Yefremov | |
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Олег Ефремов | |
 Yefremov in 1998 | |
| Born | Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov 1 October 1927[1] |
| Died | 24 May 2000 (aged 72) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow Art Theater School[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theater director, teacher |
| Years active | 1949–2000 |
| Spouse(s) | Lilia Tolmacheva and Alla Pokrovskaya[3] |
| Children | Anastasia Yefremova and Mikhail Yefremov |
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Ефре́мов; 1 October 1927 – 24 May 2000) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer.[4] He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1987).[5]
In 1949, he graduated from Moscow Art Theatre School and became an actor and later a producer of the Central Children Theater, started teaching at School-Studio by himself.[2]
Oleg Yefremov debuted as a film actor in the melodrama The First Echelon in 1955. Since then he was regularly acting in films, and his every appearance on screen turned to be a real event for millions of spectators. Some of his most notable roles were in the films The Alive and the Dead (1964), melodrama Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (1967), Shine, Shine, My Star (1969), comedies Aybolit-66 (1966), and Beware of the Car (1966).
In 1956, having gathered around himself students and graduates of the School-Studio, both his coevals and pupils, Oleg Yefremov organized the Studio of Young Actors (subsequently — the Moscow famous Sovremennik Theatre and became its first director. Since 1970 he was an actor and a Chief Producer of the Moscow Art Theatre named after Maxim Gorky. In 1976 the actor became a Professor of Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio.
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- ^ a b "Выпускники: 1950-1959". Archived from the original on April 12, 2013.
- ^ "Михаил Ефремов в Воронеже признался в любви к Андрею Платонову — Персона — Культура ВРН". culturavrn.ru.
- ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ "Биография Олега Ефремова". RIA Novosti. October 2012.