Boris Samoilovich Borisov ( 1872 - November 11, 1939 ) - Russian and Soviet pop and theater actor, singer and composer, Honored Artist of the Republic (1927).
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| Birth name | Boris Samoilovich Gurovich | |
| Date of Birth | 1872 | |
| Place of Birth | Aleksandrovsk , Ekaterinoslav province , Russian Empire | |
| Date of death | November 11, 1939 | |
| Place of death | Moscow , RSFSR , USSR | |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire →  the USSR | |
| Profession | actor , singer , composer | |
| Years of activity | 1895-1939 | |
| Theater | Korsh Theater , theater-cabaret "Bat" | |
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| IMDb | ID 1021217 | |
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Biography
Boris Samoilovich Borisov (current surname Gurovich) was born in 1872 in the city of Alexandrovsk, Ekaterinoslav province (now Zaporozhye ) [1] . From the age of 16 he worked in capitals and provinces, and by training a lawyer . However, he left his legal career and became an artist.
He began his stage career in the troupe of M. L. Kropyvnytsky (1895-1897). Then he played in the theaters of Kharkov (1897-1899) and Kiev (1899-1903). He was an actor in the Moscow Korsh Theater (1903-1913), the Free Theater (since 1913), then the Moscow Drama Theater.
Since 1908, he performed at the Bat Theater , where he was one of the most popular actors. In 1923-1924 he toured in New York , on his return he played in the Korsh Theater and performed on stage. In the theater he was mainly a comedian.
In addition to the theater, he was an outstanding pop actor and singer, performed Beranger songs, was a coupletist and storyteller, a reader ( Chekhov miniatures, fables by Demyan Bedny , poems by Joseph Utkin ), author and performer of romances, among which the most famous romance is “Stars in the Sky” (I dreamed a garden in a wedding dress to the verses of E. Diterichs), musical and vocal parodies, pop improvisations and impromptu. Boris Borisov’s romance “Why I Madly Love” was very popular in the performance of the operetta diva Raisa Raisova , and the record with this record withstood several runs in the early 1910s. [2]
Boris Gurovich died on November 11, 1939, was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery (2nd section) with his wife Maria Pavlovna Borisova-Smolenskaya (1877-1953).
Awards and Prizes
- Honored Artist of the Republic (1927).
Theater Work
- “Poverty is not a vice” A. Ostrovsky - Love Tortsov
- “Woe from Wit” by A. Griboedov - Famusov
- "Children of Vanyushin" S. Naydenova - Vanyushin
- "Killer whale" A. Tolstoy - Zheltukhin
- Gogol's "Examiner" - Gorodichny
- The Taming of the Shrew - Grumio
- "Potash and Mother of Pearl" Montagu and Glasa - Potash
- "Lion Gurych Sinichkin" Lensky - Sinichkin
- "Gypsy Baron" Strauss - Zupan
- “God of revenge” S. Asha - Shepshovich
Filmography
- 1911 - Defense of Sevastopol - episode
- 1914 - The guardian of morality - fat Borisov
- 1914 - A woman wants to - a devil faints - banker Rosenblatt
- 1914 - Work of art - Dr. Wallet
- 1915 - Deputy - deputy
- 1915 - Leon Drey - Leon's father
- 1918 - Three thieves - banker Ornano
- 1919 - Feast of the sun
Notes
- ↑ bard.ru. Borisov Boris Samoilovich
- ↑ "Why I Madly Love", a Russian romance by Boris Borisov (Gurovich) performed by Raisa Raisova (acc. Piano ). - S.Pb.: Gnom Concert Record: S-18044.
Links
- “One in a Thousand Faces” (Biography of Boris Samoilovich Borisov) // A. GROMOV Magazine Soviet Circus. December 1964
- Theater and its history. Borisov Boris Samoilovich. (Theatrical Encyclopedia. Volume 1 / Head. Ed. S. S. Mokulsky - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1961.- 1214 stb. With ill., 12 l. Ill.)
- Romance "Stars in the Sky"
- B. Borisov on the Internet Movie Database
- The grave of the actor at the Novodevichy cemetery