Yuriy Dubrovin was born on April 1, 1937 in Kurgan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Kurgan Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and actor, known for Mirovoy paren (1972), Ryadom s vami (1967) and Desyataya dolya puti (1969). He died on June 28, 1983 in Orsha, Vitebsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus].