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Osip Naumovich Abdulov 
Born 16 November 1900 [O.S. 3 November]
Łódź, Piotrków Governorate
Russian EmpireDied 14 June 1953
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Soviet UnionOccupation Theater, radio, and film actor Years active 1918 - 1953 Spouse Yelizaveta Moiseyevna Abdulova (née Shekhtman) Relatives Vsevolod Abdulov (son) Awards People's Artist of the RSFSR (1944)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1949)
Stalin Prize (1951)Osip Naumovich Abdulov (Russian: Осип Наумович Абдулов; 16 November 1900 [O.S. 3 November], Łódź – 14 June 1953, Moscow) was a Soviet actor.
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Biography
Osip Naumovich Abdulov was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire) in 1900. He briefly studied at Moscow University (now Moscow State University) in 1917 before turning his interest to acting.[1]
Abdulov began working at the Shalyapin studio in 1918, where he had first performing role in 1919. He worked at various theaters in Moscow during the 1920s and 1930s and joined the company of the Theater of the Mossovet in 1943.
Abdulov additionally worked for Soviet radio broadcasting (first as an announcer and actor, then as a director) in 1924. He was involved in radio plays based on the dramatic works of Romain Rolland, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Dickens, Nikolay Gogol, and Maxim Gorky and took part in organizing artistic broadcasting for children. Abdulov worked as a news reader on Soviet radio during World War II.[2]
Abdulov began to appear in films in 1933.
He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1944. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1949 and a Stalin State Prize (second degree) in 1951.
Osip Abdulov's son Vsevolod Osipovich Abdulov (1942 - 2002) also became a notable actor. Both were interred at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Notable roles
Theater roles
Year Title Playwright(s) Role 1928 Enough Stupidity for Every Wise Man Alexander Ostrovsky Krupitsky 1933 The Devil's Disciple George Bernard Shaw General Burgoyne 1933 Wolves and Sheep Alexander Ostrovsky Lynyayev 1933 The School for Taxpayers Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr Fromanteel 1940 Without a Dowry Alexander Ostrovsky Knurov 1945 The Seagull Anton Chekhov Sorin 1945 The Cabinet Minister's Wife Branislav Nušić Uncle Vas 1950 Dawn Over Moscow Anatoly Surov Academician Ryzhov 1953 The Story of Turkey Nâzım Hikmet Old ashik Film roles
Year Title Director(s) Role 1936 The Last Night Yuly Rayzman and Dmitry Ivanovich Vasilyev Colonel 1936 The Dawn of Paris Grigory Roshal Vasse Jr. 1937 Treasure Island Vladimir Vaynshtok Long John Silver 1938 The Oppenheim Family Grigory Roshal Jacques Lavendel 1938 Honor Yevgeny Chervyakov Engineer 1945 The Man in a Case Isidor Annensky Tarantulov 1940 Shining Path Vitkor Ardov Dorokhov 1941 The Swineherd and the Shepherd Ivan Pyryev Levon Mikhaylovich 1941 How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich Andrey Kustov and Anisim Mazur Town governor 1941 The Sea Hawk Vladimir Braun Ivan Akimovich 1944 The Wedding Isidor Annensky Dymba the Greek 1944 The Duel Vladimir Legoshin Gestapo Colonel Krauschke 1949 Alexander Popov Herbert Rappaport and Vitkor Eysymont Isaacs References
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry Volume 1, Biographies A-I. (1998). Ed. Herman Branover. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aaronson. p. 1. ISBN 9780765799814.
- ^ Geldern, James von. (1995). "Radio Moscow: The Voice from the Center". In Richard Stites (ed.), Culture and Entertainment in Wartime Russia. p. 46. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253209498.
External links
- (Russian) Biography
- Osip Abdulov at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- 1900 births
- 1953 deaths
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
- People from Łódź
- People's Artists of the RSFSR
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian Jews
- Soviet actors
- Soviet Jews
- Stalin Prize winners
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