1921 at the theater

• Natalia Ilyinichnaya Sats founded the Moscow Theater for Children, later - the Russian Academic Youth Theater
• The First State Theater was organized in Barnaul , later - the Altai Regional Drama Theater named after V.M. Shukshin
• November 13 - with the play “ Miracle of St. Anthony ” by M. Meterlink directed by Ye. B. Vakhtangov , a new theater opened - the Third Studio of the Moscow Art Theater, later - Vakhtangov Theater .

Born

• January 2 - Evgenia Nikandrovna Khanayeva , theater and film actress, People's Artist of the USSR .
• January 23 - Valentina Pavlovna Kovel , Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of the USSR .
• January 31 - Vladislav Ignatievich Strzhelchik , Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1974).
• May 1 - Nina Nikolaevna Arkhipova , theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1988).
• July 23 - Yuri Katin-Yartsev - Soviet film and theater actor.
• August 14 - Giorgio Strehler , Italian theater director.
• August 18 - Galina Petrovna Korotkevich , Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974).
• October 12 - Larisa Alekseevna Pashkova , Soviet theater and film actress, Stalin Prize laureate , People's Artist of the RSFSR .
• October 20 - Lyudmila Iosifovna Makarova , Soviet theater and film actress, people's artist of the USSR .
• December 8 - Ekaterina Grigoryevna Kazimirova , Soviet theater and film actress, People's Artist of the Moldavian SSR .

Died

• August 2 - Enrico Caruso , Italian tenor .

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