Osip Abdulov
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Osip Naumovich Abdulov | |
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| Born | 16 November 1900 [O.S. 3 November] |
| Died | 14 June 1953 (aged 52) |
| Occupations | Theater, radio, and film actor |
| Years active | 1918 - 1953 |
| Spouse | Yelizaveta Moiseyevna Abdulova (née Shekhtman) |
| Relatives | Vsevolod Abdulov (son) |
| Awards | People's Artist of the RSFSR (1944) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1949) Stalin Prize (1951) |
Osip Naumovich Abdulov (Russian: Осип Наумович Абдулов; 16 November 1900 [O.S. 3 November] – 14 June 1953) — Soviet stage and film actor, director; People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1944), and recipient of the Stalin Prize, second class (1951).
Osip Naumovich Abdulov was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire) in 1900. He briefly studied at Moscow University (now Moscow State University) in 1917 before turning his interest to acting.[1]
Abdulov began working at the Shalyapin studio in 1918, where he had first performing role in 1919. He worked at various theaters in Moscow during the 1920s and 1930s and joined the company of the Theater of the Mossovet in 1943.[2]
From 1929, he was engaged in teaching at the studio theatre of Yury Zavadsky, and later at GITIS. A close friend of Abdulov was Solomon Mikhoels, an actor and director of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre.[3]
Abdulov additionally worked for Soviet radio broadcasting (first as an announcer and actor, then as a director) in 1924. He was involved in radio plays based on the dramatic works of Romain Rolland, Alphonse Daudet, Charles Dickens, Nikolay Gogol, and Maxim Gorky and took part in organizing artistic broadcasting for children. Abdulov worked as a news reader on Soviet radio during World War II.[4]
Abdulov began to appear in films in 1933.[5]
He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1944.[6] He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1949 and a Stalin State Prize (second degree) in 1951.
Osip Abdulov's son Vsevolod Osipovich Abdulov (1942 - 2002) also became a notable actor. Both were interred at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
