Evgeniy Samoylov

Yevgeny Samoylov 16 April 1912 17 February 2006 was a celebrated Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor known for his heroic and charismatic performances from the 1930s through the 1990s Born in Saint Petersburg he trained in theatre and was invited to Moscow by Vsevolod Meyerhold launching a distinguished stage career before becoming a prominent film star Samoylov won multiple Stalin Prizes and was named Peoples Artist of the USSR in 1974 He was also the father of actress Tatiana Samoilova