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Petr SobolevskiyRussian actor
Date of Birth: 22.05.1904
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Content:
- Early Life and Artistic Beginnings
- Film Career Launch
- Breakthrough Roles
- S.V.D.: Alliance of the Great Cause (1927)
- Golden Path (1945)
Early Life and Artistic Beginnings
Evgeny Pavlovich Lebedev was born on May 22, 1904, in Tomsk, Russia. His first artistic pursuits took him to an art school, after which he joined the FEKS workshop led by renowned directors Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.
Film Career Launch
Lebedev's film debut came in 1926 with a role as a chauffeur in "Bratishka" (Brother). The following years saw him appear in a series of prominent films, including "Devil's Wheel" (1926), "Overcoat" (1926), and "Union of the Great Cause" (1927).
Breakthrough Roles
In 1932, Lebedev graduated from the cinema department of the Leningrad Institute of Performing Arts. He became a member of the Theater-Studio of Film Actors and continued to make notable contributions to Russian cinema. Some of his most iconic roles during this period include:
S.V.D.: Alliance of the Great Cause (1927)
Foreign Jacket (1927)New Babylon (1929)
Twenty-Two Misfortunes (1930)
Happy Kent (1930)
One (1931)
Sniper (1931)
We from Kronstadt (1936)
The Struggle Continues (1938)
Minin and Pozharsky (1939)
The Destruction of the "Oryol" (1940)
Wartime and Postwar Career
During World War II, Lebedev played heroic characters in films such as "In the Enemy's Rear" (1941), "Two Friends" (1941), and "Front" (1943). The postwar years saw him take on a variety of roles, including:
Golden Path (1945)
Admiral Nakhimov (1946)Maximka (1952)
Admiral Ushakov (1953)
Secret of Two Oceans (1955)
On the Roads of War (1958)
Alyoshka's Love (1960)
Contemporary of the Century (1960)
Yashka Toporkov (1960)
Optimistic Tragedy (1963)
Executed at Dawn (1964)
Twenty-Six Baku Commissars (1965)
Day of the Angel (1968)
The Collapse (1968)
Turn on the Northern Lights (1972)
Hope (1973)
Parachutes in the Trees (1973)
Legacy
Evgeny Lebedev passed away in Moscow on July 26, 1977. He left behind a rich legacy as a versatile and talented actor who portrayed a wide range of characters with depth and authenticity. He was honored with the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1965.
