Georgi Georgiev-Getz (Bulgarian: Ð"еорги Ð"еоргиев-Ð"ец;
October 4, 1926 â€" September 2, 1996) was a Bulgarian film and stage
actor.Best known for portraying valiant and honest conservative men,
Getz was among the prominent names in the Bulgarian cinematography and
theatre during the second half of the 20th century. He appeared in
many of the Bulgarian film classics such as We Were Young (1961), The
Tied Up Balloon (1967), The Eighth (1969), Thorn Apple (1972),
Matriarchy (1977) and probably his most notable role as Yordan in A
Peasant on a Bicycle (1974) for which he received an award for Best
Actor at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival in 1975.He was
born as Georgi Ivanov Georgiev on October 4, 1926 in the village of
Razpopovtsi, today neighborhood of the town of Elena, Bulgaria. In
1947, after finishing the secondary school, he went to Sofia where he
enrolled in acting at The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
graduating in 1953. After the graduation, Getz joined the troupe of
the Ivan Vazov National Theatre where he remained for almost his whole
career until 1990.Georgi Georgiev-Getz died as a result of a stroke on
September 2, 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
October 4, 1926 â€" September 2, 1996) was a Bulgarian film and stage
actor.Best known for portraying valiant and honest conservative men,
Getz was among the prominent names in the Bulgarian cinematography and
theatre during the second half of the 20th century. He appeared in
many of the Bulgarian film classics such as We Were Young (1961), The
Tied Up Balloon (1967), The Eighth (1969), Thorn Apple (1972),
Matriarchy (1977) and probably his most notable role as Yordan in A
Peasant on a Bicycle (1974) for which he received an award for Best
Actor at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival in 1975.He was
born as Georgi Ivanov Georgiev on October 4, 1926 in the village of
Razpopovtsi, today neighborhood of the town of Elena, Bulgaria. In
1947, after finishing the secondary school, he went to Sofia where he
enrolled in acting at The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
graduating in 1953. After the graduation, Getz joined the troupe of
the Ivan Vazov National Theatre where he remained for almost his whole
career until 1990.Georgi Georgiev-Getz died as a result of a stroke on
September 2, 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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