Alexandr Kramov Actor and director, theater teacher Date of Birth: 23.12.1884 Country: Ukraine

1. Biography of Alexander Kramov
2. Work in the Kharkiv Theater
3. Teaching Career

Biography of Alexander Kramov

Alexander Kramov was an actor, director, and theater pedagogue. He was born on December 23, 1884 (January 4, 1885) in Kiev, in a teacher's family. In 1908, he graduated from the Law Faculty of Kiev University. Simultaneously with his studies, he was involved in a drama studio. From 1905 to 1909, he performed in the N.N. Solovtsov Theater in Kiev. He worked as an actor and director in Kherson and Samara. From 1913 to 1915, he served in the Nezlobin Theater in Petrograd. In 1917, he moved to Moscow. From 1924 to 1933, he performed in the Moscow Art Theater. In 1933, Alexander Kramov joined the troupe of the Kharkiv Russian Drama Theater, and from 1936, he became the head of this theater and remained in its leadership until his death in 1951.

Work in the Kharkiv Theater

In the Kharkiv Theater, Alexander Grigorievich directed a number of plays by A.N. Ostrovsky, L.N. Tolstoy, A.P. Chekhov, M. Gorky, N.F. Pogodin, A.N. Afinogenov, and A.E. Korneychuk. He created on stage characters that attracted with their softness of performance, elaboration of speech, and richness of thought.

Teaching Career

Alexander Kramov was involved in pedagogical work for many years, passing on his experience to young actors. From 1936 to 1941, he was the head of the studio at the Kharkiv Theater, and from 1947, he was a teacher at the Kharkiv Theater Institute. Since 1948, he held the position of professor. Alexander Grigorievich Kramov was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 1st convocation and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 2nd convocation.

He passed away on May 17, 1951. He was buried in the Kharkiv Cemetery No. 1. His wife, Alexandra Petrovna Voronovich (1898-1985), was also an actress in the theater and a People's Artist of the USSR (1954). Alexander Kramov was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1944 and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor on January 28, 1946.