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The son of an affluent architect, Eisenstein attended the Institute of Civil Engineering in Petrograd as a young man. With the fall of the tsar in 1917, he worked as an engineer for the Red Army. In the following years, Eisenstein joined up with the Moscow Proletkult Theater as a set designer and then director. The Proletkult's director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, became a big influence on Eisenstein, introducing him to the concept of biomechanics, or conditioned spontaneity. Eisenstein furthered Meyerhold's theory with his own "montage of attractions"--a sequence of pictures whose total emotion effect is greater than the sum of its parts. He later theorized that this style of editing worked in a similar fashion to Marx's dialectic. Though Eisenstein wanted to make films for the common man, his intense use of symbolism and metaphor in what he called "intellectual montage" sometimes lost his audience. Though he made only seven films in his career, he and his theoretical writings demonstrated how film could move beyond its nineteenth-century predecessor--Victorian theatre-- to create abstract concepts with concrete images.- Actor
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The multi-talented comedian, pianist, singer and home-spun poet Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of a successful bandmaster. After his parents split up, he had a somewhat unsettled upbringing, spent, alternately, with his mother in St. Petersburg, with his grandparents in Riga and with his father in Hannover. Forced to change school some fifteen times, he eventually completed his education -- though failing to matriculate -- and commenced musical studies at the Leipzig Conservatory under the distinguished concert pianist and educator Professor Robert Teichmüller. He then had a stint as a piano salesman, but soon put his talents to better use 'tickling the ivories' and performing as a cabaret artist and stand-up comic in cafés and on radio in Danzig. He made his proper stage debut at the Riga Schauspielhaus in 1932 in a play, for which he had also composed the music. Then followed several years of financial hardship supporting his new family, a wife and four children. However, in 1938 he was invited by the actor and emcee Willi Schaeffers to join the popular satirical revue Kabarett der Komiker in Berlin. Erhardt quickly established a singular reputation as humorist, as well as persisting with his musical vocation. Though a non-swimmer, he was conscripted to serve as a pianist with the orchestra of the German Navy during the Second World War.
After the war, he resumed work on the stage in Hamburg and had a huge national hit as presenter of a weekly radio series ("So was Dummes") which spotlighted his forte for spontaneous wit, pun poetry and double entendre. Eventually, the screen beckoned, initially finding him cast in minor supporting parts or as a singing pianist. As his radio fame grew, the bespectacled, cherubic, corpulent Erhardt became an instant cinematic favorite. His starring debut in Der müde Theodor (1957) was a box-office blockbuster, followed with a back-to-back hit in Widower with 5 Daughters (1957). A kind of querulous equivalent to Hollywood's S.Z. Sakall, Erhardt often lampooned bourgeois values and philistine preoccupations. Thus, even his more irritating characters, like Paul Perlacher in Der Haustyrann (1959), were never dislikeable.
In order to escape his typecasting as a comedian, Erhardt founded his own television production company in 1961, though the venture lasted a mere two years.The public seemed more than reluctant to accept Erhardt in any genre other than comedy. Following this disappointment, he returned to the small screen, inevitably in his familiar comic guises, including a recurring role as good-hearted but hapless taxation officer Willi Winzig. He also proceeded to publish several best-selling compilations of his comic poetry and profited from numerous record sales of his live performances. Sadly, in December 1971, Erhardt suffered a paralysing stroke and lost the facility of speech, which effectively put an end to his career. He died eight years later in Hamburg at the age of seventy, six months after receiving Germany's highest award, the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit).- Viola Dolan was born on 2 July 1893 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. She was an actress, known for Castles in the Air (1919), Judge Her Not (1921) and Teddy's Goat (1921). She died on 27 November 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Fridrikh Ermler was born on 13 May 1898 in Rechitsa, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Rezekne, Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Great Force (1951), Great Citizen (1938) and The Turning Point (1945). He died on 12 July 1967 in Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].- Actor
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Victor Janson was born on 25 September 1884 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor and director, known for The Oyster Princess (1919), Die Dame in Schwarz (1920) and Das Skelett des Herrn Markutius (1920). He died on 29 June 1960 in West Berlin, West Germany.- Producer
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Ingster was born in 1903 in Riga of what is now Latvia. He worked with Sergei Eisenstein in Russia before arriving in the United States in 1930. In the 1930's, he worked as a writer for several movies, among them The Story of Alexander Graham Bell. His directorial debut was in the 1940 classic "Stranger on the Third Floor," in which he was also a writer. Two of his other efforts were as contributing writer of the controversial 1943 propaganda film "Song of Russia" and writer-director of the 1949 comedy "The Judge Steps Out."
In the 1950's and 1960's, Ingster gravitated to television, where he produced episodes of various series, including 25 episodes of "Wagon Train," 18 episodes of "The Roaring 20's," 11 episodes of "Cheyenne," and 38 episodes of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
Ingster was married at least four times: to Leni Stengel (m.1930), Wilma (m. 1938), Zita Perczel (m.1944 - d. 1954), and Christiane (nee Deleval, later Oshay) (m.1955-his death). By the latter marriage, he had a son, Michael (c.1962-). Ingster died in Woodland Hills California on August 7, 1978.- Lya Mara was born on 1 August 1897 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. She was an actress, known for Kri-Kri, die Herzogin von Tarabac (1920), Charlotte Corday (1919) and Anna Karenina (1920). She was married to Frederic Zelnik. She died on 1 March 1960 in Ticino, Switzerland.
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The family of Mark Rothko, whose real name was Rothkowitz, emigrated to New York in 1912/1913. In 1913 they moved to Portland (Oregon). He attended Yale University in New Haven from 1921 to 1923. He then took acting lessons from 1924 to 1927 and was a student of the expressionist Max Weber. In 1929 he began teaching at the Brooklyn Jewish Center. In 1932 he married Edith Sarah and two years later he became a co-founder of the artist group "Artists Union" in New York. Just one year later, the independent association of artists "The Ten" was founded. Marcus Rothkowitz began to change his name to Mark Rothko in 1940, which he kept. Around this time he became acquainted with Expressionism. He initiated a change from his previous surrealistic painting style in order to find his own painting language through the expressive style. It was expressed in the blurry rectangles of color.
After his divorce, he married Mell Beistle in 1945. This union resulted in two children, Kate (born 1950) and Christopher (born 1963). With his major work, which began in 1949, Mark Rothko became one of the most important representatives of abstract expressionism and color field painting. In 1950, Mark Rothko embarked on a five-month European tour through France, Italy and England. After his return he taught at Brooklyn College from 1951. Three years later the collaboration with the Sidney Janis Gallery began. In 1958, Rothko received an artistic commission for the "Four Seasans" restaurant in the Seagram Building, but he turned it down. The following year a second trip to Europe took place. A permanent Rothko Room with his paintings was set up in Washington's Philipps Collection in 1960. In 1969 he received another artistic commission for murals at the famous Harvard University in Cambridge near Boston.
In 1963, the Marlborough Fine Arts Gallery took up the painter's artistic interests. The following year, the construction of the Rothko Chapel in Houston was commissioned. Rothko became seriously ill in 1968. A year later, in 1969, the Mark Rothko Foundation was founded. The Tate Gallery was gifted nine Seagram Murals in 1969. During this time he separated from his wife Mell Beistle. Rothko became known for his abstract large-format paintings with their colored rectangular surfaces, which create the illusion of movement for the viewer through their blurred outlines. Beyond his actual painting, the artist always tried to create a close connection between the viewer and his works of art. It was always his intention to densely drape small rooms with his large-format works and to expose them to only subdued light.
The simple arrangement of its non-representational rectangular surfaces, the light and the space create something sublime that the viewer can also grasp. The apparent movement of the flat image objects creates tension in the viewer, who is absorbed by it and thus also by the image - in accordance with the artist's intentions. Rothko's abstraction is symbolic in nature. He was inspired by themes from the Old and New Testaments, myths and archaisms. He combines an eternal validity with his style, which he presents and makes tangible in the pictorial translation. As a representative of color field painting, he gave significant impetus to abstract expressionism.
In 1970, the Rothko Rooms opened at the Tate Gallery, and a year later, in 1971, the Rothko Chapel in Houston was posthumously completed.
Mark Rothko committed suicide in New York. He died on February 25, 1970.- Director
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Yuli Raizman was born on 15 December 1903 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Last Night (1937), Dream of a Cossack (1951) and The Fall of Berlin (1945). He died on 11 December 1994 in Moscow, Russia.- Director
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Nikolai Ekk was born on 14 June 1902 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Road to Life (1931), Sorochynskyi yarmarok (1939) and Odni znakomye (1934). He died on 13 July 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Actress
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Luba Malina was born on 18 September 1909 in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]. She was an actress, known for Mexican Hayride (1948), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and Latin Rhythm (1938). She died on 12 July 1982 in New York, New York, USA.- Evalds Valters was born on 2 April 1894 in village Egleniekos, Goldingen uyezd, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kuldga District, Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Melna veza spiles (1976), Vella kalpi (1970) and Redundant (1976). He died on 26 September 1994 in Riga, Latvia.
- Emilia Unda was born on 29 January 1879 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. She was an actress, known for Mädchen in Uniform (1931), Freie Liebe (1919) and Baby (1932). She died on 7 December 1939 in Berlin, Germany.
- Karlis Sebris was born on 18 February 1914 in Sinole, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for King Lear (1970), Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) and Naves ena (1971). He died on 12 January 2009 in Riga, Latvia.
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Aleksandr Stolper was born on 12 August 1907 in Dvinsk, Dvinsk uyezd, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Zhivye i myortvye (1964), Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke (1948) and Far from Moscow (1950). He died on 11 January 1979 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Henry Sharp was born on 19 February 1889 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951), The Great Waltz (1955) and Shadow of the Cloak (1951). He died on 10 January 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Yuri Nikolaevich Tynyanov was born on October 18, 1894, in Rezhitsa, Vitebsk province, Russian Empire (now Rezekne, Latvia). His father, named Nikolai Tynyanov, was a Medical Doctor. From 1904-1912 Tynyanov studied at Pskov Classical Gymnasium, where his younger school-mate was Veniamin Kaverin. In 1916 Tynyanov married Kaverin's sister, Elena Silber. From 1912-1918 Tynyanov studied at St. Peterburg University, then carried post-graduate research on Fyodor Dostoevsky and Nikolay Gogol. From 1921-1931 Tynyanov was professor of Russian literature at the Institute of History of Arts. He also was among leading literary critics in Russia.
In 1922 Tynyanov took patronage over the literary group Serapionovy Bratya (The Serapion Brothers). The group was initiated by Yevgeni Zamyatin who professed that "true literature can be created only by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics" at his literary seminars with aspiring writers. They took their name from the story of E.T.A.Hoffmann titled 'Serapion Brothers', about artistic freedom. The group included Mikhail Zoschenko, Lev Lunts, Viktor Shklovskiy, Nikolai Tikhonov, Mikhail Slonimsky, Vsevolod Ivanov, and Veniamin Kaverin.They also attended seminars of Korney Ivanovich Chukovskiy. They lived in the famous artistic community known as 'Dom Iskusstv' (House of Arts) in a former aristocratic palace on the Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg. The writers of the group were non-conformists and were in opposition to the official Soviet literature. Their leader Yevgeni Zamyatin fearlessly criticized Soviet policy of "Red Terror" and intimidation of intellectuals under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin.
Tynyanov's best known work is 'Poruchik Kizhe' (Lieutenant Kije). It is a satire on Russian-Soviet bureaucracy, set in the reign of Emperor Paul I. A non-existent Lieutenant Kije is created by a bureaucratic error and maintains existence as a file, while a real Lieutenant Sinyukhaev was "killed" in the file, and the Emperor had signed it. Kije is treated with attention in the file, though nobody ever saw him. Kije has a love affair; is sent to Siberia and brought back; marries and has children; makes a career and receives land and possessions; retires as a decorated General and receives a State Funeral when he "dies" - all in the file. All by the Emperor's command. Tynyanov collaborated with directors Grigoriy Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg in their film adaptation of 'Shinel' (The Overcoat) by Nikolay Gogol, and on the original production of 'C.V.D.'. Tynyanov also wrote important critical works on Alexander Pushkin and other Russian writers. He died on December 20, 1943, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Director
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Leonids Leimanis was born on 16 April 1910 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Nauris (1958), Kapteinis Nulle (1964) and Pie bagatas kundzes (1969). He died on 6 July 1974 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].- Cinematographer
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Eduard Tisse was born on 13 April 1897 in Libava, Grobina uyezd, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Liepaja, Latvia]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) and The Immortal Garrison (1956). He died on 18 November 1961 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Editor
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Yelena Mironova was born on 4 November 1908 in Libava, Russian Empire [now Liepaja, Latvia]. Yelena was an editor, known for Evo Zvali Robert (1967), Under Sunny Skies (1948) and Myortvyy sezon (1968). Yelena died on 10 October 1974 in Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- Actor
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Solomon Mikhoels was born on 16 March 1890 in Dvinsk, Russian Empire [now Daugavpils, Latvia]. He was an actor and producer, known for The Circus (1936), Jewish Luck (1925) and A Greater Promise (1936). He died on 19 January 1948 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus].- Producer
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Romain Pinès was born on 31 August 1890 in Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a producer and production manager, known for Street of Shadows (1937), Prix de beauté (Miss Europe) (1930) and Song of the Streets (1933). He died on 8 September 1981.- Music Department
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Albert Gamse was born on 31 July 1901 in Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He is known for Amistad (1997), Scoop (2006) and Deconstructing Harry (1997). He died in March 1974 in Bronx, New York, USA.- Actor
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Boris Tumarin was born on 4 April 1910 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Doctors (1963), Christmas in the Marketplace (1967) and Gebroeders Karamazow (1968). He died on 28 January 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.- Lilita Berzina was born on 17 July 1903 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. She was an actress, known for Lacplesis (1930), A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve (1981) and Nauris (1958). She died on 27 May 1983 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].
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Peter Glushanok was born on 27 August 1911 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Martha Graham: An American Original in Performance (1957), Omnibus (1952) and Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947). He died on 5 December 1996 in Manhattan, New York, USA.- Director
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Axel Gruenberg was born on 17 August 1902 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and producer, known for Stars Over Hollywood (1950), Chevron Theatre (1952) and Hollywood Opening Night (1951). He died on 19 December 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Johannes Guter was born on 25 April 1882 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Die Frau im Käfig (1919), Die Frau im Himmel (1920) and Die schwarze Pantherin (1921). He died on 18 March 1962 in Greifswald, East Germany [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany].- Olga Mazeikyte was born on 10 January 1909 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. She was an actress, known for Nerami rudens diena (1975), Tadas Blinda (1972) and Fact (1981). She died on 28 August 2000 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Kaarel Ird was born on 27 August 1909 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Elu tsitadellis (1947), Andruse õnn (1955) and Punane viiul (1975). He died on 25 December 1986 in Viljandi, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia].
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Arnolds Burovs was born on 29 April 1915 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for Sapnis (1983), Princese un puma (1986) and Bimini (1981). He died on 13 January 2006 in Riga, Latvia.- Music Department
Arvid Jansons was born on 24 October 1914 in Liepaja, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. Arvid is known for Amphibian Man (1961), Dikaya sobaka Dingo (1962) and Baltiyskoe nebo (1960). Arvid died on 21 November 1984 in Manchester, England, UK.- Writer
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Janis Rainis was born on 11 September 1865 in Varslavani, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dunava, Jekabpils, Latvia]. Janis was a writer, known for Put, vejini (1973), Mech i roza (1959) and The Road Home (1946). Janis died on 12 September 1929 in Majori, Jurmala, Latvia.- Writer
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Alexander Stenbock-Fermor was born on 30 January 1902 in Nitaure, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a writer, known for First Spaceship on Venus (1960), Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955) and Karriere in Paris (1952). He died on 8 May 1972 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.- Robert Taube was born on 15 March 1880 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Carlos und Elisabeth (1924), Crown of Thorns (1923) and Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf (1925). He died on 18 August 1964 in West Berlin, West Germany.
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Lamis Bredis was born on 2 January 1912 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Eagle and the Mole (1944), Sindbad the Sailor (1944) and One of Many (1943). He died on 14 January 1957 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Make-Up Department
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Jules Michelson was born on 6 July 1889 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Men on Her Mind (1944). He died on 5 June 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Alfreds Videnieks was born on 20 August 1908 in Doblen uyezd, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dobele Municipality, Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Naves ena (1971), Ukaimo tamashi (1966) and Komitet 19-ti (1972). He died on 22 June 2002 in Riga, Latvia.
- Indra Devi was born on 12 May 1899 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. She was married to Siegrid Knauer and Jan Strakaty. She died on 25 April 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Isaiah Berlin was born on 6 June 1909 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He died on 5 November 1997 in Oxford, England, UK.
- Manfred Kyber was born on 1 March 1880 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was a writer, known for Joseph Plaut erzählt (1961) and Echt antik... und anderes (1971). He was married to Elisabeth Boltho von Hohenbach. He died on 10 March 1933 in Löwenstein, Germany.
- Arkadi Tsinman was born on 1 March 1909 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Spring (1947), Through Fire, Water and... Trumpets (1968) and Serebristaya pyl (1953). He died on 19 June 1985 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Feliks Zukowski was born on 30 May 1904 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Maryjka (1933), Niedaleko Warszawy (1954) and Adventure in Marienstadt (1954). He died on 17 January 1976 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Nathaniel Sack was born on 15 July 1880 in Libau, Russian Empire [now Liepaja, Latvia]. He was an actor, known for The Man from Mexico (1914), The Prince and the Pauper (1915) and You Find It Everywhere (1921). He died on 2 July 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Arvids Ozolins was born on 22 November 1908 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Maija and Paija (1990), Mazas kaislibas (1991) and Ievas paradizes darzs (1990). He died in 1996.
- Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz was born on 12 January 1751 in Sesswegen, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Cesvaine, Latvia]. He was a writer, known for Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Die Soldaten (2012), Zerbin (1971) and Die Soldaten (1962). He died on 24 May 1792 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia].
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Arkady Isaakovich Raykin was born on October 24, 1911, in Riga, Russian Empire (now Riga, Latvia). His father, named Isaak Raykin, worked at the Riga sea port. In 1922 his family moved to Petrograd (now St. Petersburg, Russia). There young Raykin took his first acting lessons at the local drama club. In 1935 he graduated from Leningrad Theater and Film Institute, where his classmate was actor Georgi Zhzhyonov. Raykin began his acting career at Leningrad Theater of Young Workers (TRAM). At that time Raykin also began his film career by playing small roles, often uncredited.
His great acting talent unfolded in stand-up comedy. His hallmark momentalism, his razor-sharp wit, and a free-spirited humor won him the love of millions. In 1939 Raykin became the winner of the 1st National All-Soviet Competition of Comedians, where he performed two numbers, a parody of Charlie Chaplin and "Mishka" (Little Bear). In 1939 he became one of the founders of Leningrad Theater of Estrada and Miniature Comedy. During the Second World War, Arkady Raykin made numerous performances for the Red Army soldiers, who were fighting the Nazis on the front-line. In 1942, during the siege of Leningrad, Raykin became the Artistic Director of Leningrad Theater of Miniatures. His witty performances helped to lift the spirits of the survivors in Leningrad, while the city was besieged by the Nazis. Raykin was decorated for his courage and for the numerous stage performances he made during the war.
Arkady Raykin was the undisputed leader among comedians in the Soviet Union. He was often called a Russian Chaplin. Raykin had a special way of using comedy to ridicule the Soviet communism by satirizing the inefficient bureaucracy and absurdity of the Soviet system. Despite the politically sensitive performances and despite his being a Jew, Arkady Raykin was lionized both popularly and officially. He performed to consistently "sold out" audiences and toured all over the former USSR and abroad for over 50 years. In 1982 he moved his theatre company from Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to Moscow. There he opened the State Theatre of Miniatures which is now Arkady Raykin Satyricon Theatre, run by his son, actor Konstantin Raykin.
Arkady Raykin was designated the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1968), was awarded the State Lenin Prize (1980), and also received the highest civilian award in the Soviet Union, the Hero of Socialist Labour (1981). He died of a heart failure on December 20, 1987, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in the Novodevichye Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Lilija Erika was born on 27 January 1890 in Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. She was an actress, known for Kauguriesi (1941). She died on 24 July 1981 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].
- David Magarshack was born on 23 December 1899 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]. David was a writer, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Wednesday Play (1964) and Summer Season (1985). David was married to Elsie Duella. David died in 1977 in London, England, UK.
- Zanis Katlaps was born on 14 October 1907 in village Katlani, Tukkum uyezd, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tukums Municipality, Latvia]. He was an actor, known for Kauguriesi (1941), Pec vetras (1956) and Zhavoronok (1965). He died on 13 November 1968 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].