Yuri Tavrov

Yuri Tavrov
Born
Юрій Петрович Тавров

2 July 1938
Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
DiedJuly 4, 2010(2010-07-04) (aged 72)
Odesa, Ukraine
OccupationActor

Yuri Petrovich Tavrov (Ukrainian: Юрій Петрович Тавров; July 2, 1938, Luchyn, Ukrainian SSR, USSR – July 4, 2010, Odessa, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian Soviet actor. His most famous role in cinema was as the blacksmith Vakula in the film "The Night Before Christmas."[1]

Biography

Born on July 2, 1938, in the village of Luchyn, Popelnyansky District, Zhytomyr Oblast. He graduated from an acting studio and appeared in films from 1961 to 1975. Due to family circumstances, he was forced to leave the film industry. After a fourteen-year career in cinema, he worked as a builder and, in recent years, as a painter at the Odessa State Academy of Construction and Architecture.

He spent his entire life in Odessa and was married twice.

He is buried in Odessa, at the 2nd Christian Cemetery in section 17.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Фільм Вечори на хуторі біля Диканьки 1961". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.


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