People’s Artist of the USSR Lev Durov, stage and screen actor and director, was born on December 23, 1931. Since 1967, Durov worked at the Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. He is famous for many stage roles, including Tybalt in “Romeo and Juliet,” Chebutykin in “The Three Sisters,” Iago in “Othello,” Zhevakin in “The Wedding,” Nozdrev in “The Road” and in the plays “Court Martial” and “Whose are you, Old People?” \nHis role of Sganarelle in “Don Juan” won a prize at a theater festival in Yugoslavia. The actor himself believes that his best role was Snegirev in “Brother Alyosha,” based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s book. \nAfter graduating from directing classes, Durov worked as the chief director at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya (from 2003 to 2006). \nSince 1954, Durov has played over 200 roles on screen. His characters are unique; they carry the actor’s personal touch and world view. People in Russia love Durov for his roles in the films “Leap Year,” “All the King’s Men,” “The Seventeen Moments of Spring,” “The Red Snowball Tree,” “Ksenia, Fyodor’s Beloved Wife,” “The Open Book,” “Armed and Dangerous,” “Success,” “The Three Musketeers,” “Zoshchenko’s Stories,” “Farewell to Matera,” “Bumbarash,” “Nose,” “34th Express,” “The Village of Stepanchikovo and its Inhabitants.”
