Sergey Aleksandrovich Martinson (; – 2 September 1984) was a Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964).

Biography

He was born in

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in the family of Swedish and Russian descent. His parents adored theater and took their son to many performances. As a schoolboy, Sergey played in a theatrical studio. After one year of education in the Technological institute, he decided to become a professional actor. At the entrance exams he read

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's monologue from

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's play. The exam board roared with laughter, but refused to accept him. He later joined the theatrical institute from a second attempt. Martinson worked in several theaters. In 1924–1941 he played in the Theatre of the Revolution. In 1925–1926, 1929–1933, 1937–1938 he was the leading actor of

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's theatre. He was cast by Meyerhold in the plays ''

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'', ''Mandate'' and others. From 1933 to 1936 he worked in the

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.Подступы к трагедии
/ref> He married his first wife, Yekaterina Ilyinichna Ilyina (born in Saint Petersburg, 1900; died in New York, 1985), an actress, in 1927, whom he met during his acting studies; their daughter, Anna, later a successful artist and costume designer, was born in 1928 (died in New York, 2012), she married the Russian conductor and violist

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(1924–2010). Although they had never officially divorced, he married his second wife, dancer Lola Dobrokhotova, who was later exiled by the government for alleged connections to "foreign elements" and died in exile; they had a son, Aleksandr (1939–2003). His third wife, Luisa (born: Ukraine, 1929, died: 2018, USA) was a woman 30 years junior to Martinson. They had a daughter, Natasha (born 1956) and divorced several years later.

Filmography

Films

Voice acting

References

External links

* Wikipedia in Russian *
Biography
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinson, Sergey 1899 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Russian male actors Male actors from Saint Petersburg People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology alumni Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian people of Swedish descent Russian male film actors Russian male silent film actors Russian male stage actors Russian male voice actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male silent film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet male voice actors Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery