Biography
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Borisov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Бори́сов; 1 May 1905 – 12 May 1982) was a Soviet actor, film director, screenwriter and singer.Borisov was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1962–1966. He won four Stalin Prizes (in 1947 for his theatrical
work, in 1950 for Pavlov, and twice in 1951, for portraying Aleksandr Popov and Mussorgsky). People's Artist of the USSR (1951) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1981).Borisov studied at the studio of the Alexandrinsky Theatre, he joined the troupe of its studio theater upon graduation in 1927 and its main
troupe in 1928.
Aleksandr Borisov is best known for starring in biopic films; he appeared in the title roles of Grigori Roshal’s Ivan Pavlov (1949) and Mussorgsky (1950), as Rybkin in Herbert Rappaport’s Aleksandr Popov (1950), and as Alexander Herzen in Grigorii Kozintsev’s ill-fated Belinsky (1953).
Beginning with the Khrushchev Thaw, Borisov started to play more different roles, including, Professor Lapin in Mikhail Kalatozov’s comedy True Friends (1954) and as Marko Mukha in the blockbuster Maksim Perepelitsa (1956). The actor also appeared in adaptations of classical Russian literature such as Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace (1962–1967), in which he portrayed Uncle Rostov, and Iosif Kheifits’s In S. City (1967) from Anton Chekhov’s story Ionych. In 1960, he directed an adaptation of Fedor Dostoevsky’s short story A Gentle Creature with Iya Savvina in the title role.
Filmography
all 35
Movies 34
TV Shows 1
Director 1
Bum (1988)
Russia Is Young (1984)
The Golden Fleece (1977)
Melodies of a White Night (1976)
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)
Here Is Our House (1974)
Karpukhin (1973)
The Station Master (1972)
New Year's Abduction (1970)
Yesterday, Today and Always (1970)
Они живут рядом (1968)
Green carriage (1967)
I'm a Soldier Mom (1967)
Gooseberry (1967)
In the Town of S. (1966)
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova (1966)
War and Peace (1966)
Знойный июль (1965)
Spring Chores (1964)
Vanyushin's Children (1964)
The Soul Calls (1962)
The Meek One (1960)
Poem of the Sea (1958)
Пучина (1958)
Одна ночь (1957)
Дорога правды (1956)
Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)
True Friends (1954)
Rimsky-Korsakov (1953)
Belinsky (1953)
The Forest (1953)
Hot Heart (1953)
Mussorgsky (1950)
Alexander Popov (1949)
Academician Ivan Pavlov (1949)
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GenderMale
Birthday1905-05-01
Deathday1982-05-12 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsAleksandr Borisov, Александр Борисов, A. Borisov
AwardsState Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal, Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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