Pavel Massalsky was a Russian actor of Moscow Art Theatre.
He was born Pavel Vladimirovich Massalsky on September 4, 1904, in
Moscow, Russia. From 1922 - 1924 he studied acting at the studio of
Yuri Zavadsky, graduating in 1924 as an
actor.
From 1925 - 1979 Pavel Massalsky was a permanent member of the troupe
at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There his stage partners were such
renown Russian actors as
Ivan Moskvin,
Nikolay Khmelyov,
Nikolai Sosnin,
Alla Tarasova,
Anatoli Ktorov,
Olga Androvskaya,
Angelina Stepanova,
Anastasiya Georgievskaya,
Mikhail Yanshin,
Aleksey Gribov,
Boris Livanov,
Mikhail Kedrov,
Viktor Stanitsyn,
Vasili Toporkov,
Mark Prudkin,
Mikhail Bolduman, and the next
generation of MKhAT actors -
Oleg Efremov,
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy,
Oleg Tabakov,
Kira Golovko,
Nina Gulyaeva,
Tatyana Lavrova,
Iya Savvina,
Olga Barnet,
Irina Miroshnichenko,
Anastasiya Voznesenskaya,
Andrey Myagkov,
Vladimir Kashpur,
Vladlen Davydov,
Viktor Sergachyov,
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy,
Stanislav Lyubshin,
Sergey Sazontev,
Avangard Leontev,
Igor Vasilev, and others. Massalsky gave
acclaimed performances in classic plays by
Anton Chekhov, such as Tuzenbakh in 'Tri
sestry' (aka.. The Three Sisters), and as Gayev in 'Vishnevy sad'
(aka.. The Cherry Orchard). He shone as Vronsky opposite
Alla Tarasova in 'Anna Karenina', the
legendary adaptation of
Lev Tolstoy's novel
by directors
Konstantin Stanislavski and
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.
Massalsky's acting career spanned over 60 years, and he was a member of
the board at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).
Pavel Massalsky was designated People's Actor of the USSR. He taught
acting at the Acting School of Moscow Art Theatre. Massalsky died of
natural causes on December 15, 1979, in Moscow, Soviet Union.
Sladkogolosaya ptitsa yunosti(1978)as Boss Finley
Chekhovskiye stranitsy(1977)as Andrey Andreyevich Shipuchin
Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty(1976)as Ivan Ivanovich Gorodulin
Mariya Styuart(1976)as Leicester
Chas zhizni(1972)as General
