Oleg Ivanovich Borisov was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor.
30 Facts About Oleg Borisov
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Oleg Borisov was born Albert Ivanovich Borisov on 8 November 1929 in Privolzhsk, Ivanovo Oblast.
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Oleg Borisov's given name was Albert, which was chosen by his mother in honor of the Belgian prince Albert, who visited Moscow in 1929.
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Oleg Borisov's mother, Nadezhda Andreyevna, was an agricultural engineer, and played as an amateur actress at a local drama.
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Oleg Borisov's father, Ivan Borisov, was a wounded World War II veteran, who worked as director of Privolzhsk Agricultural Technical School.
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Young Oleg Borisov was fond of acting and theatre, he was known as a good impersonator and comedian among his classmates at school.
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However, during the Second World War young Oleg Borisov was a tractor driver at a collective farm near Moscow.
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Oleg Borisov passed a series of professional tests and was admitted to the Moscow Art Theatre School of Acting in 1947.
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In 1951, Oleg Borisov graduated from the MKhAT School of Acting, and joined the troupe of the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama in Kyiv.
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Oleg Borisov played memorable roles in several productions, such as, Grigori Melekhov in And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov, Prince Harry in King Henry IV by Shakespeare, and Siply in Optimistic Tragedy by Vsevolod Vishnevsky.
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In 1955, Oleg Borisov made his film debut at the Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kyiv, Ukraine; he played a cameo role in film Mother by director Mark Donskoy.
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For several years Oleg Borisov was suffering from restrictions in the Soviet film industry, because he did not comply with the ridiculous rules of political obedience.
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The main reason was that Oleg Borisov never wanted to be a member of the Soviet Communist party.
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Oleg Borisov cast Borisov for the leading roles in his films The Train Has Stopped and Planet Parade.
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Oleg Borisov was a stellar example of a rare, beautiful, and disobedient talent.
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Oleg Borisov had to be untamed and free of any control in order to play his best roles.
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Oleg Borisov was at the peak of his stage and film career by the end of the 1970s, when suddenly he was dismissed by a film director for his disagreement about the movements of his character.
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Oleg Borisov had no support from Communist Party, because he never wanted to be a member.
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Oleg Borisov never was a slave of the Soviet system, and the system never let him have his freedom.
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Oleg Borisov suffered from professional restrictions, that were imposed on him, which caused him a serious stress with medical complications.
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At that critical time Oleg Yefremov called Borisov in 1982, and invited him to work with the Moscow Art Theatre.
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Oleg Borisov confessed that he had greater satisfaction from his stage works, than from any film.
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Oleg Borisov opposed the official system and contracted a stress-related blood disorder, a rare form of leukemia, which was misdiagnosed by the Soviet medical system.
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Oleg Borisov was writing notes for almost 20 years, which were published posthumously by his son, director Yuri Borisov.
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Oleg Borisov was designated People's Artist of the USSR and received the USSR State Prize for his stage works.
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In 1990 Oleg Borisov won Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival.
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Oleg Borisov played over 70 roles in film and television.
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Oleg Borisov directed stage productions and led several popular radio shows.
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In 1992 Oleg Borisov made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem together with his wife.
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Oleg Borisov died of complications from a blood disorder on 28 April 1994 in Moscow, Russia.