Osip Naumovich Abdulov | |
Birth Place: | Łódź, Piotrków Governorate Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR Soviet Union |
Occupation: | 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; in Łódź – 14 June 1953 in Moscow) was a Soviet actor.
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]
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.[3]
Abdulov began to appear in films in 1933.[4]
He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1944.[5] 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.
Year | Title | Playwright(s) | Role |
---|---|---|---|
1928 | Enough Stupidity for Every Wise Man | Krupitsky | |
1933 | The Devil's Disciple | General Burgoyne | |
1933 | Wolves and Sheep | Alexander Ostrovsky | Lynyayev |
1933 | The School for Taxpayers | Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr | Fromanteel |
1940 | Without a Dowry | Alexander Ostrovsky | Knurov |
1945 | The Seagull | Sorin | |
1945 | The Cabinet Minister's Wife | Uncle Vas | |
1950 | Dawn Over Moscow | Academician Ryzhov | |
1953 | The Story of Turkey | Old ashik | |
Year | Title | Director(s) | Role |
---|---|---|---|
1936 | The Last Night | Colonel | |
1936 | The Dawn of Paris | Vasse Jr. | |
1938 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver | |
1938 | The Oppenheim Family | Jacques Lavendel | |
1938 | Honor | Engineer | |
1945 | The Man in a Case | Tarantulov | |
1940 | Tanya | Feodor Karpovich Dorokhov | |
1941 | They Met in Moscow | Levon Mikhaylovich | |
1941 | How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich | Town governor | |
1941 | The Sea Hawk | Ivan Akimovich | |
1944 | The Wedding | Isidor Annensky | Dymba the Greek |
1944 | The Duel | Gestapo Colonel Krauschke | |
1949 | Alexander Popov | Herbert Rappaport and Viktor Eysymont | Isaacs |
1953 | Silvery Dust | Sheriff Smiles | |