Biography
Boris Fyodorovich Andreyev (Russian: Бори́с Фёдорович Андре́ев; 9 February [O.S. 27 January] 1915 – 25 April 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1939 and 1982. People's Artist of the USSR (1962). Andreev won Stalin Prizes for Pyryev’s Ballad of Siberia (1946) and
The Fall of Berlin (1950). Boris Andreyev was born 9 February 1915 in Saratov, Russian Empire to a family of workers. His childhood and youth years were spent in Atkarsk, Saratov Governorate. After completing the seventh grade at school, Andreyev went to work as a mechanic-electrician at a сombine factory, where he started going to a local theatrical circle. There he was noticed by a famous Saratov actor, Ivan Slonov, who suggested that he enter the Saratov Theatre Technical School, from which Boris Andreyev successfully graduated in 1937.
For a while, Boris Andreyev played on the Saratov Drama Theater's stage. During the theater tour in Moscow, film director Ivan Pyryev offered him the role of Nazar Duma in Tractor Drivers (1939). It became his first film role and also brought him great popularity in the medium.
His next notable role was as Khariton Balun in A Great Life (1st part in 1939, 2nd part in 1958).
During the Second World War, Andreyev with Mark Bernes acted in the legendary Soviet film Two Soldiers (1943).
In the role of Ilya Zhurbin in A Big Family (1954), Andreyev demonstrated his ability to play psychologically-complicated characters. His roles in Cruelty (1959) and The Road to Berlin (1962) brought forth two of his most intense performances. The role of Vozhak in the film An Optimistic Tragedy became one of the defining performances of his career and one of its major highlights.
In the 1971–1973 years, Boris Andreyev served as the narrator of several documentaries, such as People's Artist Andreyev, People's Artist Kasymov and People's Artist Shukur Burkhanov.
Andreyev died on 25 April 1982 in Moscow, and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.
Filmography
all 57
Movies 56
TV Shows 1
A Great Life (2019)
Как уходили кумиры (2005)
Сергей Иванович уходит на пенсию (1981)
Profession: Film Actor (1980)
Soft-Boiled Boots (1978)
Первый рейс (1977)
Мое дело (1976)
На край света... (1976)
Assigned As A Granddaughter (1975)
Абитуриентка (1974)
Дети Ванюшина (1974)
The Bag Of Apples (1974)
Rejuvenating Apples (1974)
Treasure Island (1971)
Night Call (1970)
The Name Day (1968)
Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967)
На диком бреге (1967)
Southern Cross is Above Us (1965)
Мелодии Дунаевского (1963)
An Optimistic Tragedy (1963)
The Road to Berth (1962)
The Cossacks (1961)
Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)
Foma Gordeyev (1959)
Cruelty (1959)
Poem of the Sea (1958)
Old Friends (1956)
The Sword and the Dragon (1956)
The Mexican (1956)
An Unusual Match (1955)
A Big Family (1954)
Marina's Destiny (1954)
Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka (1953)
Maximka (1952)
Validoob - Fell Oak (1952)
The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951)
Cossacks of the Kuban (1950)
The Fall of Berlin (1950)
Meeting on the Elbe (1949)
White Darkness (1948)
Polcan and Shavka (1948)
Tale of the Siberian Land (1947)
A Great Life, Part 2 (1946)
Dark Is the Night (1945)
The Golden Road (1945)
Malakhov Kurgan (1944)
Я - черноморец (1944)
Two Soldiers (1943)
Road to the Stars (1943)
How the Steel Was Tempered (1942)
Collection of Films for the Armed Forces #8 (1942)
Son of Tajikistan (1942)
Bogdan Khmelnitskiy (1941)
Wings of Victory (1941)
Tractor Drivers (1939)
Fighters (1939)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1915-02-09
Deathday1982-04-25 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceSaratov, Russia
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsBoris Andreev, B. Andreyev, B. Andreev, Борис Андреев, Б. Андреев
AwardsStalin Prize, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Star, Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", People's Artist of the USSR, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the RSFSR
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