Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov
| Yuri Lavrov | |
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Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov March 14, 1905  St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
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| Died | August 20, 1980 (aged 75) Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
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| Years active | 1919 - 1980 |
| Spouse(s) | Olga Gudim-Levkovich (1924 - 1980) |
Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov (Russian: Ю́рий Серге́евич Лавро́в; March 14, 1905 – August 20, 1980) was a well-known Soviet Russian film and theatre actor designated People's Artist of the USSR.
He was born Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov on March 14, 1905, in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was baptized by the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Petersburg. His father, named Sergei Vasilyevich Lavrov, was Director of Gymnasium of the Imperial Humanitarian Society in St. Petersburg. Young Yuri Lavrov received an excellent private education before the Russian Revolution. His father emigrated to Belgrade after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and died there in 1934. Yuri Lavrov's mother, Elizaveta Akimovna, took a greater risk, as she refused to emigrate and stayed home in Petrograd with her children.
In 1919, aged 14, Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov made his acting debut on stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg. There his stage costumes were designed by none other than the legendary theatrical artist Alexandre Benois. Yui Lavrov also continued his acting studies. In 1924, he joined the troupe of "Molodoi Theatre of Leningrad" together with his fellow actress, Olga Gudim-Levkovich. That same year he married actress Olga Gudim-Levkovich and they lived on Ozerny Pereulok in the historic district of St. Petersburg. Their son, Kirill Lavrov was born in Leningrad and was baptized at the nearby church of St. John the Divine of Leushinsky Monastery. At that time Yuri Lavrov was a promising young actor and his future acting career looked bright. He made his film debut at Lenfilm studio in 1928, in Tretya molodost (1929) by director Vladimir Shmidtgof.
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