Ruben Simonov
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Born
2 April 1899
Ruben Nikolayevich Simonyants
2 April 1899
Died5 December 1968 (aged 69)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Actor, theater director and pedagogue
Yearsactive1919–1968
Ruben Simonov | |
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_and_Scene_from_Cyrano_de_Bergerac).jpg) Simonov on a 1971 Soviet stamp | |
| Born | Ruben Nikolayevich Simonyants 2 April 1899 |
| Died | 5 December 1968 (aged 69) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theater director and pedagogue |
| Years active | 1919–1968 |
Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (Russian: Рубен Николаевич Симонов, Armenian: Ռուբեն Նիկոլայի Սիմոնով; 2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946).
Simonov was born in Moscow, to a family of Russian Armenians. Graduating from the Moscow State University, he then became an actor, starting his career at the Armenian drama studio in the Armenian House of Culture.[1] In 1939, he became director of the Vakhtangov Theatre. He also led the Armenian and Uzbek theaters of Moscow.
Selected filmography
- Admiral Nakhimov (1946) as Osman Pasha
- The Fall of Berlin (1950) as Anastas Mikoyan
- The Golden Antelope (1954) as Raja (voice)
- The Gadfly (1955) as Cardi
