Bruno Arturovich Freindlich (Russian: Ð'руно Рртурович
Фрейндлих; 10 October 1909 â€" 9 July 2002) was a
Soviet/Russian actor of German ancestry who became People's Artist of
the USSR in 1974. His daughter Alisa Freindlich is also a notable
actress.A native of Saint Petersburg, Bruno Freindlich began his
career as an actor performing for audiences of children. For two years
he worked at the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama. Since 1948, he was a
leading actor of the former Alexandrine Theatre. Among his stage works
were Khlestakov in The Government Inspector and Hamlet in Grigori
Kozintsev's staging of Shakespeare's play. He played the roles of Peer
Gynt, père Goriot, Gayev in The Cherry Orchard, Baron in The Lower
Depths. One of the dearest roles of Freindlich, which he played for
many years, was the part of writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev in the
play Elegy. For the role of Guglielmo Marconi in the propaganda film
Alexander Popov he won the Stalin Prize (1951).Freindlich died in
Petersburg at the age of 92 and was buried on 11 July 2002 at the
Volkovo Cemetery.
Фрейндлих; 10 October 1909 â€" 9 July 2002) was a
Soviet/Russian actor of German ancestry who became People's Artist of
the USSR in 1974. His daughter Alisa Freindlich is also a notable
actress.A native of Saint Petersburg, Bruno Freindlich began his
career as an actor performing for audiences of children. For two years
he worked at the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama. Since 1948, he was a
leading actor of the former Alexandrine Theatre. Among his stage works
were Khlestakov in The Government Inspector and Hamlet in Grigori
Kozintsev's staging of Shakespeare's play. He played the roles of Peer
Gynt, père Goriot, Gayev in The Cherry Orchard, Baron in The Lower
Depths. One of the dearest roles of Freindlich, which he played for
many years, was the part of writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev in the
play Elegy. For the role of Guglielmo Marconi in the propaganda film
Alexander Popov he won the Stalin Prize (1951).Freindlich died in
Petersburg at the age of 92 and was buried on 11 July 2002 at the
Volkovo Cemetery.
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