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Alexey Pokrovsky

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Alexey Pokrovsky
Born
Alexey Nikolayevich Pokrovsky

(1924-03-01)March 1, 1924
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
DiedAugust 30, 2009(2009-08-30) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation(s)actor, singer
Years active1945–2009
SpouseAlina Pokrovskaya [ru]

Alexey Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Покро́вский; March 1, 1924 – August 30, 2009) was an actor and singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981).[1]

Biography

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In 1945 he was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theater. In 1977 he left the theatre because of divergences in his views with Oleg Yefremov.[2]

From the end of the 1940s he appeared in films, including in the films The Star (1953) and True Friends (1954).[1]

He became well known as a performer of songs and romances. In the 1960s and 1980s, he sang 12 musical and poetic compositions on television,[3] in which the best poems and songs of the era were presented in the interpretation of the artist, who accompanied himself on a small Viennese seven-string Russian guitar. Laureate of the festivals Pesnya goda 1974 and 1975.[4]

He died on August 30, 2009.[1] He was buried in Moscow at the Vagankovskoye Cemetery (plot 26).[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Алексей Покровский". Кино-Театр.Ру.
  2. ^ Алексей Покровский — Интервью — Эхо Москвы
  3. ^ "Покровский Алексей — С чего начинается Родина". Аудиоспектакли онлайн.
  4. ^ "Покровский Алексей — Песни советских композиторов".
  5. ^ "Могилы знаменитостей. Некрополи Москвы. Ваганьковское кладбище. Алексей Николаевич Покровский (1924-2009)". m-necropol.ru.
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