Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director and comedian. Hero of Socialist Labour (1974) and People's Artist of the USSR (1949).
Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989.
Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov was a Soviet and Russian actor who was one of the most recognized persons of the post-World War II Soviet theatre and cinema. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1986 and received a special prize from the Venice Film Festival in 1982.
Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976.
Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress and theater pedagogue. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses in the Soviet and Russian film industry. Her career spanned six decades.
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Annenkov was the longest-lived People's Artist of the USSR before Igor Moiseyev and Vladimir Zeldin.
Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy was a Soviet and Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasional appearances in films. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1987 and won the Nika Award in March 2008.
Boris Yevgenyevich Zakhava was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater director, pedagogue and theater theorist. People's Artist of the USSR (1967).
Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov, was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and writer. He is known for playing the spy Mikhail Tulyev in the "Resident" quartet of films, Beware of the Car (1966), The Hot Snow (1973), and many others, and was a popular actor. He was appointed People's Artist of the USSR in 1980.
Mikhail (Moisei) Abramovich Schweitzer was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1990).
Sergei Yurievich Yursky was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and screenwriter. His best known film role is Ostap Bender in The Golden Calf (1968)
Yevgeny Semyonovich Matveyev was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He is best known as Nagulnov in Virgin Soil Upturned, based on Mikhail Sholokhov's novel; and Nekhludov in Resurrection, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel.
Nikolay Konstantionovich Simonov was a Soviet film and stage actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1950).
Boris Nikolayevich Livanov was a Soviet and Russian actor and theatre director. People's Artist of the USSR (1948). He was a member of the Moscow Art Theatre from 1924 through 1972.
The year 1968 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.
Nikolai Evgenievich Sorokin was a Russian theatre and film actor, theatre director, educator, and People's Artist of Russia (1999). He was artistic director of the Rostov-on-Don academic drama theatre of a name Maxim Gorky and a deputy of the State Duma of the 3rd convocation.
Eduard Evgenievich Martsevich was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR.
Klimov is a Russian male surname, its feminine counterpart is Klimova (Климова). It may refer to
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kenigson was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982).
Boris Georgiyevich Dobronravov was a Russian and Soviet actor, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre.
