Aleksandr Grave

Aleksandr Grave was one of the oldest Russian actors who played over 150 roles at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow.

He was born Aleksandr Konstantinovich Grave on September 8, 1920, in Moscow, Russia. From 1938 to 1942 he studied acting at the Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre, graduating in 1942 as an actor. He served in the Red Army entertainment unit during the Second World War, finished the war in Berlin, Germany, and was decorated for his artistry and lifting the spirits of soldiers at the time when they were fighting the Nazis.

Since 1942 Aleksandr Grave has been member of the troupe at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such actors as Mikhail Ulyanov, Ruben Simonov, Boris Zakhava, Mikhail Astangov, Varvara Popova, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Irina Kupchenko, Natalya Tenyakova, Yuliya Borisova, Lyudmila Maksakova, Lyudmila Tselikovskaya, Marianna Vertinskaya, Nina Ruslanova, Nikolai Plotnikov, Yuriy Yakovlev, Vladimir Etush, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Andrei Abrikosov, Grigori Abrikosov, Boris Babochkin, Nikolai Gritsenko, Nikolai Timofeyev, Evgeni Fedorov, Vladimir Koval, Viktor Zozulin, Evgeniy Karelskikh, Aleksandr Koznov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Sergey Makovetskiy, Mikhail Vaskov, Mariya Aronova, Elena Sotnikova, Anna Dubrovskaya, Olga Tumaykina, Aleksei Kuznetsov, and Ruben Simonov, among others. Since the 1940s, Aleksandr Grave has been delivering acclaimed performances as various characters in the legendary Vakhtangov's production of Carlo Gozzi's comedy 'Princess Turandot'.

Aleksandr Grave was designated People's Actor of Russia. He was a professor of acting at the Shchukin Theatrical School of the Vakhtangov Theatre. Aleksandr Grave is living in Moscow, Russia.