Osip Abdulov

Osip Naumovich Abdulov (Russian: Осип Наумович Абдулов; 16 November 1900 [O.S. 3 November] in Łódź – 14 June 1953 in Moscow) was a Soviet actor.

Osip Naumovich Abdulov
Born16 November 1900 [O.S. 3 November]
Łódź, Piotrków Governorate
Russian Empire
Died14 June 1953(1953-06-14) (aged 52)
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Theater, radio, and film actor
Years active1918 - 1953
SpouseYelizaveta Moiseyevna Abdulova (née Shekhtman)
RelativesVsevolod Abdulov (son)
AwardsPeople's Artist of the RSFSR (1944)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1949)
Stalin Prize (1951)

Biography

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.

Notable roles

Theater roles
Year Title Playwright(s) Role
1928Enough Stupidity for Every Wise ManAlexander OstrovskyKrupitsky
1933The Devil's DiscipleGeorge Bernard ShawGeneral Burgoyne
1933Wolves and SheepAlexander OstrovskyLynyayev
1933The School for TaxpayersLouis Verneuil and Georges BerrFromanteel
1940Without a DowryAlexander OstrovskyKnurov
1945The SeagullAnton ChekhovSorin
1945The Cabinet Minister's WifeBranislav NušićUncle Vas
1950Dawn Over MoscowAnatoly SurovAcademician Ryzhov
1953The Story of TurkeyNâzım HikmetOld ashik

Film roles
Year Title Director(s) Role
1936The Last NightYuly Rayzman and Dmitri Ivanovich VasilyevColonel
1936The Dawn of ParisGrigory RoshalVasse Jr.
1938Treasure IslandVladimir VaynshtokLong John Silver
1938The Oppenheim FamilyGrigory RoshalJacques Lavendel
1938HonorYevgeny ChervyakovEngineer
1945The Man in a CaseIsidor AnnenskyTarantulov
1940TanyaGrigori AleksandrovFeodor Karpovich Dorokhov
1941They Met in MoscowIvan PyryevLevon Mikhaylovich
1941How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan NikiforovichAndrey Kustov and Anisim MazurTown governor
1941The Sea HawkVladimir BraunIvan Akimovich
1944The WeddingIsidor AnnenskyDymba the Greek
1944The DuelVladimir LegoshinGestapo Colonel Krauschke
1949Alexander PopovHerbert Rappaport and Viktor EysymontIsaacs
1953Silvery DustPavel Armand and Abram RoomSheriff Smiles

References
  1. The Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry Volume 1, Biographies A-I. (1998). Ed. Herman Branover. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aaronson. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7657-9981-4.
  2. Российская еврейская энциклопедия, т. 1, Российская академия естественных наук
  3. Geldern, James von. (1995). "Radio Moscow: The Voice from the Center". In Richard Stites (ed.), Culture and Entertainment in Wartime Russia. p. 46. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-20949-8.
  4. Актеры Советского Кино
  5. Опустела без него Москва Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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