Zinovi Gerdt

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Zinovi Efimovich Gerdt
Image:Зиновий Гердт.jpg
Born	September 21, 1916 (1916-09-21) (age 91) Sebezh, Russian Empire
Died	November 18, 1996 (aged 80) Russia

Zinovi Efimovich Gerdt (Russian: Зиновий Ефимович Гердт, September 21, 1916, Sebezh, Russian Empire — November 18, 1996) — Soviet/Russian theate and cinema actor, People's Artist of the USSR.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 See also
4 See also

[edit] Biography

At 15 graduated from factory school of Moscow Electrozavod named after Valerian Kuybyshev. He started working on Metrostroy as a metalworker-electrician. As a hobby, he is was actor in the factory's "TRAM" club.

Since 1937 he's an actor at the Puppet Theatre of Moscow House of Pioneers.

Gerdt volunteered to the front when Second World War began. He was enlisted as a senior lieutenant of a field engineering division.

In february 1943 he was seriously wounded in his leg under Belgorod.

In 1945 - 1982 worked at the Obraztsov Central Puppet Theatre in Moscow.

In cinematography, he was primarily a voice actor/narrator and was behind the scenes for a long time.

Since 1983 worked as an actor at Ermolova Theatre

Ther's a sculpture in Kiev, picturising Panikovskiy, a character of The Little Golden Calf, as played by Gerdt.