Aleksei Smirnov

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Role

Actor

Date of birth

02/26/1920

Date of death

05/07/1979

Place of birth

Danilov, Yaroslavl Governorate, RSFSR [now Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia]

Aleksei Smirnov

Biography

Aleksey Smirnov is a Soviet theater and film actor. In 1940 he graduated from the theater studio at the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy and was accepted into the troupe of the same theater. In 1946, he was accepted into the troupe of the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy. In the early 1950s, he had several notable roles in the repertoire of the Musical Comedy Theater. By the end of the 1950s, he became famous among filmmakers. In 1961, when he became an actor in the Lenfilm film studio, two films with his participation were released on the screens of the country. All-Union fame for the actor brought the role in the films of Leonid Gayday. In all these films, he performed in comedic roles.

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