Boris Sichkin
| Boris Sichkin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Boris Mikhailovich Sichkin August 15, 1922 Kiev, USSR |
| Died |
March 21, 2002 (aged 79) New York City, United States |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1937–2002 |
| Awards |
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Boris Mikhailovich Sichkin (Russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Си́чкин; 1922 - 2002) was a Soviet film actor, dancer, choreographer, master conversational genre, composer.[1]
Biography
Boris Sichkin born in the family of a Jewish shoemaker, who died when he was 4 years old. The elder brother taught Boria dances, and performances, he, in his own memoirs, begun at the Jewish market before going there criminals. After escaping from the house he was expelled from school. In 1937-1941 he studied at the Kiev Ballet School, both danced in the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble.[2]
Member of the Great Patriotic War. In 1941–1946 years - in the front ensemble.[3]
He participated in the work of the theater of Arts, bandleader Eddie Rosner.[2] Staging many rooms and variety programs. Glory his role kupletistov Buba Kastorsky in films about the elusive avengers.
In 1973, in Tambov, he was arrested on suspicion of theft of state property in a large scale. A year later was released. The investigation lasted several years. In the end, Boris Sichkin was finally acquitted.
In 1979 he went to the United States. Member of the editorial board of the New York City newspaper in Russian Russian Bazaar. In 1994, for the first time after emigrating arrived in Russia. He acted in several films.
In recent years he spent in the house for families with low incomes in the New York borough of Queens. Died March 21, 2002 of a heart attack in his apartment in New York. Soon, at the request of his wife, Boris Sichkin remains were recovered from the grave and cremated, and the urn with the ashes moved to Moscow.[2]
Selected filmography
- 1954 - Anna on the Neck
- 1966 - The Elusive Avengers as Buba Kastorsky [4]
- 1968 - The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers as Buba Kastorsky
- 1968 - Intervention as Artist
- 1969 - Varvara-beauty, long braid as bridegroom
- 1971 - Lielais dzintars as music critic, jury member
- 1971 - The Path Of Selfless Love as guest
- 1976 - The Twelve Chairs as correspondent
- 1989 - The Final Days as Brezhnev
- 1996 - Nixon as Brezhnev [5]
- 1997 - Poor Sasha as tramp Aristarch Rastopchin
- 1998 - World War III as Gen. Vladimir Soshkin
- 2001 - CoML as Nathan