Yuri Zavadsky
Russian and Soviet actor and theatre director
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| Intro | Russian and Soviet actor and theatre director | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Places | Russia Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| was | Actor Theatre director Theater professional Drama teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Work field | Arts Academia Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth | 30 June 1894, Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death | 5 April 1977Moscow, Russia (aged 82 years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Politics: | Communist Party Of The Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Yuri Alexandrovich Zavadsky (Russian: Юрий Александрович Завадский; 30 June 1894 — 5 April 1977) was a Russian actor and director.
Zavadsky studied under Yevgeny Vakhtangov, and made his acting debut at Vakhtangov's theatre, playing Anthony in Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Miracle of St. Anthony in (1915). He worked in various Russian theatres before moving to the Mossovet Theatre in Moscow as a director in 1940. The most famous actors of his company were Rostislav Plyatt (1908–89), Faina Ranevskaya (1896-1984), Lyubov Orlova (1902–75), and his wife Vera Maretskaya (1906-1978).