Pavel Pavlenko | |
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| Born | Pavel Pavlovich Pavlenko 20 September 1902 |
| Died | 9 March 1993 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1920–1976 |
Pavel Pavlovich Pavlenko (Russian: Павел Павлович Павленко) (20 September 1902 – 9 March 1993) was a Soviet stage and film actor.
Born in Kiev, he later moved to Moscow and graduated in 1919 from the Moscow City Theatrical School named for Anatoly Lunacharsky.[1] He tried to join the Moscow Operetta, but was rejected by Grigory Yaron, who said, "We do not need a second Yaron!"[2]
He debuted on the stage in 1920. He worked in the Moscow Ukrainian Theater, in the Children's Theater, and elsewhere. During the Great Patriotic War, he played in the Mossovet Theatre.
After the war, he appeared more frequently in films, and was a favorite of Aleksandr Rou.[3] His film career came to an end in the late seventies. He died in obscurity in Moscow in 1993.