1991 in the theater

• Roman Viktyuk Theater founded
• Leningrad Regional Drama and Comedy Theater changed its name to Theater on Liteiny
• Barnaul Altai Regional Drama Theater receives the name of V. M. Shukshin

Passed away

• January 14 - Lutfi Sarymsakova , Soviet theater and film actress, People’s Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1937), People’s Artist of the USSR (1967).
• January 22 - Efim M. Padve , theater director.
• February 21 - Margot Fonteyn , née Margaret Hookham, Prima Ballerina of the Royal Ballet in London, partner of Rudolf Nureyev.
• March 2 - Leonid Markov , Soviet and Russian film and theater actor.
• March 3 - Vsevolod Yakut Semenovich , Soviet theater and film actor, winner of the Stalin Prize , People's Artist of the USSR .
• April 2 - Rina Zelenaya - actress of theater and cinema, People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1970).
• May 24 - Yury Nikolayevich Puzyrev , Soviet theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR .
• June 11 - Tatyana Vecheslova , prima ballerina of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater Kirov, ballet teacher; Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Stalin Prize winner.
• July 14 - Pavel Semenovich Morozenko , Soviet theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR .
• September 16 - Olga Spesivtseva , Russian and Soviet ballet dancer .
• October 10 - Lidia Petrovna Sukharevskaya , a Soviet theater and film actress.
• October 26 - Ruben Agamirzyan , theater director, People's Artist of the USSR .
• December 25 - Gotlib Mikhailovich Roninson , Soviet theater and film actor, People’s Artist of the RSFSR .

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