Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev ( ; 25 [12, o.s.] February 1912 in Tula,
Russian Empire 27 January 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet film
and stage actor popular in the 1960s1970s. Sanayev, a Moscow Art
Theatre (and later Mossovet Theatre) actor, was honored in 1969 with
the People's Artist of the USSR title; among his other accolades are
the Order of Lenin (1971) and the Order of the October Revolution
(1981).Vsevolod Sanayev was born on 25 February 1912 in Tula. In 1926
1930 he worked as a bayan technician at the Tula factory of musical
instruments. After a short stint at a local theatre, in 1931 he was
invited to join the Tula-based Gorky Theatre of Drama and Comedy and
soon enrolled in the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. After the
graduation in 1937 he joined the Moscow Art Theatre troupe. In 1938,
he debuted on screen in the film Volga-Volga (where he had two minor
roles), and in 1940 enjoyed his first success as Dobryakov in the film
The Girl I Love. In 1943, Sanayev joined the Mossovet Theatre and in
1952 moved to the Moscow Art Theatre.The mass popularity came to
Sanayev in the 1950s and 1960s; among his best known roles were
Kantaurov in The Return of Vasily Bortnikov (1952), Dontsov in The
First Echelon (1955), Kozlov in Five Days, Five Nights (1960), Siply
(Husky) in An Optimistic Tragedy (1962); later Colonel Lukin in the
war epic Liberation (1968), Professor Stepanov in Pechki-lavochki
(1972), and Colonel Zorin (The Return of St. Luca, 1970; The Black
Prince, 1973, and The Version of Colonel Zorin, 1978). A staunch
communist, Sanayev for many years was the head of the Mosfilm
Communist Party committee (partkom).Vsevolod Sanayev died on 27
January 1996 in Moscow. He is interred in Novodevichy Cemetery.
Russian Empire 27 January 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet film
and stage actor popular in the 1960s1970s. Sanayev, a Moscow Art
Theatre (and later Mossovet Theatre) actor, was honored in 1969 with
the People's Artist of the USSR title; among his other accolades are
the Order of Lenin (1971) and the Order of the October Revolution
(1981).Vsevolod Sanayev was born on 25 February 1912 in Tula. In 1926
1930 he worked as a bayan technician at the Tula factory of musical
instruments. After a short stint at a local theatre, in 1931 he was
invited to join the Tula-based Gorky Theatre of Drama and Comedy and
soon enrolled in the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. After the
graduation in 1937 he joined the Moscow Art Theatre troupe. In 1938,
he debuted on screen in the film Volga-Volga (where he had two minor
roles), and in 1940 enjoyed his first success as Dobryakov in the film
The Girl I Love. In 1943, Sanayev joined the Mossovet Theatre and in
1952 moved to the Moscow Art Theatre.The mass popularity came to
Sanayev in the 1950s and 1960s; among his best known roles were
Kantaurov in The Return of Vasily Bortnikov (1952), Dontsov in The
First Echelon (1955), Kozlov in Five Days, Five Nights (1960), Siply
(Husky) in An Optimistic Tragedy (1962); later Colonel Lukin in the
war epic Liberation (1968), Professor Stepanov in Pechki-lavochki
(1972), and Colonel Zorin (The Return of St. Luca, 1970; The Black
Prince, 1973, and The Version of Colonel Zorin, 1978). A staunch
communist, Sanayev for many years was the head of the Mosfilm
Communist Party committee (partkom).Vsevolod Sanayev died on 27
January 1996 in Moscow. He is interred in Novodevichy Cemetery.
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