Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (Russian: Рубен Николаевич Симонов, Armenian: Ռուբեն Նիկոլայի Սիմոնով; 2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946).
Biography
Simonov was born in Moscow, to a family of Russian Armenians. Graduating from the Moscow State University, he then became an actor, starting his career at the Armenian drama studio in the Armenian House of Culture.[1] In 1939, he became director of the Vakhtangov Theatre. He also led the Armenian and Uzbek theaters of Moscow.
Selected filmography
- Admiral Nakhimov (1946) as Osman Pasha
- The Fall of Berlin (1950) as Anastas Mikoyan
- The Golden Antelope (1954) as Raja (voice)
- The Gadfly (1955) as Cardi
Awards and honors
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1933)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1937)
- Three Orders of Lenin (1939, 1946, 1967)
- Three Stalin Prizes (1943, 1947, 1950)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1946)
- Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1946, 1959)
- Lenin Prize (1967)
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
References
External links
- Hollywood Upclose
- Симонов Рубен Николаевич (Simonov, Ruben Nikolayevich) in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
- Simonovs bio (in Russian)