Aleksandr Lazarev

Aleksandr Lazarev

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1938-01-03
Deathday: 2011-05-02 (73 years old)

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Biography

Alexander Sergeyevich Lazarev (Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ла́зарев; 3 January 1938 – 2 May 2011) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, the People's Artist of Russia and the USSR State Prize laureate (both 1977). A Moscow Mayakovsky Theater veteran (where throughout his fifty years career he played more than fifty parts) Lazarev appeared in more than 100 films, including One More Thing About Love (1968) which made him famous. Alexander Lazarev was born in Leningrad, to the artist and designer Sergey Nikolayevich Lazarev (1899–1984) and Olympiada Kuzminichna Lazareva (née Tarasova, (1907–1996). The family survived the first month of the Siege, then managed to get out of the city and make it to Orenburg. In 1944 they returned home and the next year Alexander went to school. By the time of graduation he's made a decision to become an actor, citing later Robert Taylor's performance in Waterloo Bridge as the major influence. In 1955 Lazarev joined the Young actors' studio at the Moscow Art Theater. After a short stint at the Nikolay Akimov-led Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre, he moved to Mayakovsky Theater, led at the time by Nikolay Okhlopkov where the part of Boytsov the electrician in Aleksei Arbuzov's The Irkutsk Story was his first success.In 1961 Lazarev debuted in film, in thriller melodrama Free Wind (Вольный ветер, 1961), based on Isaak Dunayevsky's operetta of the same name. Among his other notable theatre roles of the 1960s were the sailor anarchist Gushcha in Between the Rainfalls (Okhlopkov's last production there), uber-lieutenant Schering in The Defector (1964) and Varavvin in Pyotr Fomenko-directed The Death of Tarelkin (1966). The leading part of physicist Yevdokimov in Georgy Natanson's 1968 film One More Thing About Love (Ещё раз про любовь, co-starring Tatyana Doronina) brought Lazarev nationwide acclaim.The director Andrey Goncharov's arrival as Mayakovsky Theater marked the second phase of Alexander Lazarev's successful career there. First his performance as Don Quixote in A Man of La Mancha was lauded by critics, then the leading part in Venceremos!, after Genrikh Borovik's play, earned him the USSR State Prize. Among Lazarev's other important stage works of the period were General Khludov (in Flight, 1978, based on Mikhail Bulgakov's play), Rittmeister in The Life of Klim Samgin (1981, after an unfinished Maxim Gorky's novel, premiered as a TV play in 1986), and Vladimir Mayakovsky in Mark Rozovsky's The Beginnings (1983). In A Crayfish Laughs (1986, a play about the life of Sarah Bernhardt, the latter played by his wife Svetlana Nemolyaeva), Lazarev managed at last to realize his comedy actor potential to the full. Then followed Circle (1988, after W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 play), A Patron's Joke (1992, after Arkady Averchenko) and Victim of Our Age (1994, the adaptation of Alexandr Ostrovsky's The Last Victim), the latter earning Lazarev the Moscow Prize for Literature and Arts. He received another prestigious award, Chrystal Turandot, for the leading part of Edmund Kean in Kean the Fourth, Tatyana Akhramkova's production of Grigory Gorin's play.

Lazarev continued to appear in films throughout the 2000s but none of those were particularly successful. "In theater he was continuously demonstrating his brilliance, his versatility, his comedy actor's potential. In cinema? Silence. Not one of our famous film directors has ever invited him to play a more or less substantial part. 'What we have we neglect, once we lose it – mourn it'," author and critic Edward Radzinsky, speaking on the Russian TV (and quoting the Russian proverb) commented in 2011.

Alexander Lazarev died in Abramtsevo, Moscow Oblast, on 2 May 2011. He is interred in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.

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Filmography

all 68

Movies 60

TV Shows 8

Viktor Petrenko
Brussel

Brussel (2017)

TV
Petrakovich (2010)
Энигма

Энигма (2010)

TV
Zaitsev, burn! Showman history

Zaitsev, burn! Showman history (2010)

Movie
Whisky c молоком

Whisky c молоком (2010)

Movie
Nikolay Nikolaevich
Тринадцать месяцев

Тринадцать месяцев (2008)

Movie
Oleg's father
Park of the Soviet Period

Park of the Soviet Period (2006)

Movie
Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later

Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later (2006)

Movie
Аркадий Мансуров, народный артист СССР
Ландыш серебристый 2

Ландыш серебристый 2 (2005)

TV
Столичный сувенир

Столичный сувенир (2004)

Movie
gambler no. 1
Mail Order Bride

Mail Order Bride (2003)

Movie
otets Kuznetsova
Хозяин империи

Хозяин империи (2002)

Movie
Эдмунд Кин
Кин IV

Кин IV (2002)

Movie
The Musicians from Bremen

The Musicians from Bremen (2000)

Movie
Why?

Why? (1996)

Movie
Провинциальный бенефис

Провинциальный бенефис (1993)

Movie
Actor
Being in love

Being in love (1992)

Movie
Батюшкин-старший
Мужской зигзаг

Мужской зигзаг (1992)

Movie
Veniks. Половые щётки

Veniks. Половые щётки (1991)

Movie
доктор
Ten

Ten (1991)

Movie
Sunset

Sunset (1990)

Movie
Pyotr Valentinovich
Арбатский мотив. Наследство

Арбатский мотив. Наследство (1990)

Movie
Pyotr Valentinovich
Arbat Motif

Arbat Motif (1990)

Movie
Actor
The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard

The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard (1990)

Movie
Roman Gorohov, Natalya's husband
Do not get along

Do not get along (1989)

Movie
Actor
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants

The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants (1989)

Movie
император Александр Второй
Таинственный узник

Таинственный узник (1987)

Movie
Roman Georgievich - rotmistr
Zhizn Klima Samgina

Zhizn Klima Samgina (1986)

Movie
Dr. Lanyon
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986)

Movie
Romanovsky
Through Main Street with an Orchestra

Through Main Street with an Orchestra (1986)

Movie
(1985)
Children of the Sun

Children of the Sun (1985)

Movie
Otto Schmidt
The Chelyuskinites

The Chelyuskinites (1985)

Movie
Investigator by Profession

Investigator by Profession (1984)

Movie
Mikhail Zurikh
Inspector Losev

Inspector Losev (1983)

TV
Inspector Losev

Inspector Losev (1983)

Movie
Petr I
Demidovy

Demidovy (1983)

Movie
Doctor
Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov

Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (1983)

Movie
Vladivostok, Year 1918

Vladivostok, Year 1918 (1982)

Movie
Georgiy Ilyich Graf
Take Care of the Men!

Take Care of the Men! (1982)

Movie
Uncle's Dream

Uncle's Dream (1981)

Movie
Räuber
A Fairy Tale Told at Night

A Fairy Tale Told at Night (1981)

Movie
Охотник

Охотник (1981)

Movie
Professor Klimov
To The Stars By Hard Ways

To The Stars By Hard Ways (1981)

Movie
Aleksandr Tregubov
Выгодный контракт

Выгодный контракт (1980)

TV
Nachalnik 'Glavattraktsiona'
The Evening Labyrinth

The Evening Labyrinth (1980)

Movie
Henri Lamere
Velvet Season

Velvet Season (1978)

Movie
Where have you been, Odysseus?

Where have you been, Odysseus? (1978)

Movie
Krugel
Players

Players (1978)

Movie
Konstantinov
Personal Opinion

Personal Opinion (1977)

Movie
Yevgeniy Listov
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained (1977)

Movie
Bronek
Born with a Silver Spoon

Born with a Silver Spoon (1976)

Movie
Podpolshik
Na yasnyy ogon

Na yasnyy ogon (1976)

Movie
Заря-Заряницкий
Волны Чёрного моря

Волны Чёрного моря (1975)

TV
Konstantin Matveyevich Kalugin
Такая короткая долгая жизнь

Такая короткая долгая жизнь (1975)

TV
A Star of the Screen

A Star of the Screen (1974)

Movie
Aleksandr Mashkov
За всё в ответе

За всё в ответе (1973)

Movie
Derzhavin
An Hour Before Dawn

An Hour Before Dawn (1973)

Movie
Lukhmanov
The Seventeenth Transatlantic

The Seventeenth Transatlantic (1972)

Movie
Black Rusks

Black Rusks (1972)

Movie
Aleksandr Yashchurov
Deadly Enemy

Deadly Enemy (1971)

Movie
Author
What Is to Be Done?

What Is to Be Done? (1971)

Movie
Doktor Toporkov
Belated Flowers

Belated Flowers (1970)

Movie
Elektron Yevdokimov
Once More About Love

Once More About Love (1968)

Movie
Basil Hallward
The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1968)

Movie
Retribution

Retribution (1967)

Movie
На диком бреге

На диком бреге (1967)

Movie
Actor
Call Fire for Ourselves

Call Fire for Ourselves (1965)

TV
Actor
We Are Taking All The Fire

We Are Taking All The Fire (1965)

Movie
Yango
Wind of Freedom

Wind of Freedom (1961)

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1938-01-03

Deathday
2011-05-02 (73 years old)

Birth Place
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Children
Alexander Lazarev, Jr.

Siblings
Yury Lazarev

Citizenships
Soviet Union, Russia

Also Known As
Александр Лазарев

Awards
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, USSR State Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR


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