David Malyan
David Malyan | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 17, 1904 |
| Died | July 17, 1976 (aged 72) |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theater director and pedagogue |
| Years active | 1926–1976 |
| Relatives | Henrik Malyan (nephew) |
David Melkumovich Malyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Մալյան, 17 April 1904 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet and Armenian film and stage actor, theater director and pedagogue.
Education and career
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David Malyan studied at Armenian Drama studio in Tbilisi from 1922 to 1923 and worked in theaters in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Leninakan. He was one of the leading actors of the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan since 1932.[1][2]
Awards
[edit]- Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1936)
- People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1943)
- People's Artist of the USSR (1974)
- Two Stalin Prizes (1950, 1952)
- Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1944, 1956)
- Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[3]
Filmography
[edit]- Shor and Shorshor (1926) – Satan
- Pepo (1935) – Kakuli
- Zangezur (1938) – Makich
- David Bek (1944) – Stepan Shaumian (voice dubbed by Alexander Khvylya)
References
[edit]- ^ "Давид Малян (David Malyan) - биография - Кино-Театр.РУ". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "David Malyan - Armenian Cinema". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Давид Малян (David Malyan) - биография - Кино-Театр.РУ". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External links
[edit]- David Malyan at IMDb
Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1976 deaths
- 20th-century Armenian male actors
- People from Zaqatala
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- People's Artists of Armenia
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Stalin Prize
- Armenian male film actors
- Armenian male stage actors
- Armenian theatre directors
- Soviet drama teachers
- Soviet male film actors
- Soviet male stage actors
- Soviet theatre directors