Evgeniy Samoylov
Yevgeny Samoylov (16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s. Born in Saint Petersburg, he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold, launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star. Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1912-04-15 · St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- Died
- 2006-02-17
Known for
- Waterloo (1970) — Cambronne
- They Fought for Their Motherland (1975) — Colonel Marchenko
- Boris Godunov (1986) — Pimen
- The Enchanted Desna (1964) — Writer
- Four Hearts (1944) — Пётр Колчин
- Heroes of Shipka (1955) — Gen. Skobolov
- The Alive and the Dead (1964) — commander of the communist battalion
- Unfinished Story (1955) — Aleksandr Aganin
- Taras Shevchenko (1951) — Nikolay Speshnev
- Shchors (1939) — Nikolay Shchors
- The Shining Path (1940) — Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
- Admiral Nakhimov (1947) — Lt. Burunov
- Aleksa Dundic (1958) — Bodrov
- The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951) — Aleksandr Nekhlyudov's son
- Six O'Clock in the Evening After the War (1944) — Lieutenant Vasily Kudryashov
- To the Black Sea (1958)