10 Facts About Sergey Martinson

1.

Sergey Martinson became People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1964.

2.

Sergey Alexandrovich Martinson was born in Saint Petersburg in the family of Swedish and Russian descent.

3.

Sergey Martinson's parents adored theater and took their son to many performances.

4.

Sergey Martinson later joined the theatrical institute from a second attempt.

5.

Sergey Martinson was cast by Meyerhold in the plays The Government Inspector, Mandate and others.

6.

From 1945 until his death Martinson was a film actor.

7.

Sergey Martinson was mainly a comic actor and seldom appeared in dramatic roles.

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8.

Sergey Martinson was the first in the Soviet cinema to play Hitler in the Sergei Yutkevich film The New Adventures of Soldier Svejk.

9.

Sergey Martinson married his first wife, Ekaterina Il'inichna Ilyina, a beautiful actress, in 1927, whom he met during his acting studies; their daughter, Anna, later a successful artist and costume designer, was born in 1928, she married the russian conductor and violist Rudolf Barshai.

10.

Sergey Martinson's third wife, Luisa was a woman 30 years junior to Martinson.