Alexander Alexandrovich Sumarokov ( 1884 , Vilno - after 1967 ) - Soviet theater and film actor, director. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR , Honored Artist of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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| Birth name | Alexander Alexandrovich Sumarokov |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Vilno , Russian Empire |
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| Citizenship | |
| Profession | actor |
| Awards |  Honored Artist of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic |
| IMDb | ID 0838528 |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Director
- 3 Theater roles
- 4 Movie roles
- 5 Source
Biography
From childhood he was fond of circus and theater. He participated in the entreprise of K. N. Nezlobin.
He was on the acting exchange in Moscow. Participated in the performances of the troupe A. A. Kruchinina ( Sarapul, Vyatka province). Then - a service in the entreprise of N. E. Ablov, D. N. Basmanov, E. N. Istomina, S. I. Krylova, Z. A. Malinovskaya, A. T. Polyakova, N. N. Sinelnikova, M. I Fate.
In 1907-1908 and 1914-1917 he played in Moscow theaters, in 1913-1916 - the actor and director of the Nikolaev Nizhny Novgorod Drama Theater ( Nizhny Novgorod , now the Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky ).
Before the revolution, he was also an actor in several provincial theaters.
In 1922-1923 he played on the stage of the Theater of the Revolution (now - the Vladimir Mayakovsky Moscow Academic Theater ).
In 1927-1929 he was the chief director and actor of the First Soviet Drama Theater named after Comrade Lunacharsky (now the Krasnodar Academic Drama Theater named after Gorky).
In 1934-1935 - the main director of the Dnepropetrovsk Russian Drama Theater. Gorky .
In 1966 he played on the stage of the Yerevan Russian Drama Theater .
Wife - Valeria Drag-Sumarokova , People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.
Directing
- Thunderstorm Ostrovsky ,
- " Don Giovanni " Goldoni ,
- Shakespeare's Hamlet
- "The Witch" and others.
Theatrical roles
He participated in the performances: “ Hamlet ” by Shakespeare , “ Thunderstorm ” by Ostrovsky , “ Treachery and Love ” and “ Robbers ” by Schiller , “Eaglet”, “Drowned Bell” by Gerhart and others.
Movie Roles
In 1958, he starred in the musical film " Years Young " and in 1966 with the director Yakov Segel in the film " Farewell, Pigeons " in the episodic role of a passerby with an umbrella.
Author of the book of memoirs “Without Make-up: Notes of the Old Actor” (1961).
Source
- Sumarokov A. A. Without makeup: Notes of the old actor. Kiev, 1961.
- Sumarokov A.A. through the eyes of an actor. - K .: Mystetsvo, 1966.