Oleg Efremov
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Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov 1 October 1927 Moscow |
| Died | 24 May 2000 (aged 72) Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow Art Theater School |
| Occupation | Actor, theater director, teacher |
| Years active | 1949–2000 |
| Spouse(s) | Alla Pokrovskaya |
| Children | 2 |
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Ефре́мов, October 1, 1927, Moscow, Soviet Union – May 24, 2000, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1987).
In 1949 he graduated from Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio and became an actor and later a producer of the Central Children Theater, started teaching at School-Studio by himself.
Oleg Yefremov debuted as a film actor in the melodrama The First Echelon (Pervyy eshelon) in 1955. Since then he was regularly into filming, and his every appearance on screen turned to be a real event for millions of spectators. Some of his most remarkable roles are those in the films The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i myortvye) (1964), melodrama Three Poplars in Plyushchikha (Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe) (1967), Shine, Shine, My Star (Gori, gori, moya zvezda) (1969), comedies Aybolit-66 (1966), and Beware of the Car (Beregis avtomobilya) (1966).
In 1956, having gathered around himself students and graduates of the School-Studio, both his coevals and pupils, Oleg Yefremov organized the Studio of Young Actors (subsequently — the Moscow famous Sovremennik Theater and became its first director. Since 1970 he was an actor and a Chief Producer of the Moscow Art Theatre named after Maxim Gorky. In 1976 the actor became a Professor of Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio.
Oleg Yefremov was married to Sovremennik Theatre actress Alla Pokrovskaya. Their son Mikhail is also an actor.
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