Biography
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Moskvin (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Москвин; 19 September 1877, in Moscow, Imperial Russia – 18 August 1948, in Moscow, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet stage actor and theatre director, better known by his stage name Mikhail Tarkhanov (Тарханов).
Having made his stage debut in 1898 on stage the Ryazan Theatre, he performed in numerous troupes (including those led by Nikolai Sinelnikov and Vasily Kachalov) before joining the Moscow Art Theatre in 1922 where he soon became one of the leading actors and, in the late 1920s, a stage director. In 1935 he started to teach drama and in 1942-1948 was the head of Russian Academy of Theatre Arts.
In 1937 Tarkhanov was awarded the prestigious People's Artist of the USSR title. He was the recipient on numerous high-profile Soviet state awards, including the Order of Lenin (1838, 1947) and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1937) as well as the Stalin Prize laureate (1943, 1st Grade).In 1923-1937 he was cast in 9 films, most of them the Russian classics adaptations, including Raskolnikow, The Storm (1933), The Youth of Maxim (1934), Dubrovsky (1936) and Pyotr Pervyy (1937).The actor Ivan Moskvin was his younger brother.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
Peter the First, Part II (1938)
Peter the First, Part I (1937)
Father and Son (1936)
Dubrovskiy (1936)
The Youth of Maxim (1935)
Thunderstorm (1934)
Yudishka Golovlyov (1934)
Diary of a Revolutionist (1932)
Ranks and People (1929)
Crime and Punishment (1923)
Psicha, die Tänzerin Katherina (1923)
Poslední radost (1922)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1877-09-19
Deathday1948-08-18 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
ChildrenIvan Tarkhanov
SiblingsIvan Moskvin
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsМихаил Тарханов
AwardsStalin Prize, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of Lenin
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