Photo of actor B. Andreev with A. Revels– his wife L. Utesova

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Boris Fedorovich Andreev (January 27 [February 9], 1915, Saratov — April 25, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1962). Winner of two Stalin Prizes of the first degree (1948, 1950).

Boris Andreev was born on January 27 (February 9), 1915 in Saratov in a family of workers. His childhood and youth years were spent in Atkarsk, Saratov province. After graduating from a seven-year-old school in 1930, he worked as an electrician at a combine plant in Saratov (1930-1935). In 1933-1935, he studied in the School of Working Youth at the factory Administration without interruption. Even then, I started going to the factory drama club. The famous Saratov actor I. A. Slonov, who noticed his success, invited him to enroll in the Saratov Theater School (since 1933 — named after I. A. Slonov, now the Theater Institute of the Saratov State Conservatory. Sobinov), which he successfully graduated from in 1937.

In 1937-1938— he was an actor at the Saratov Drama Theater named after K. Marx (since 2003 — named after I. A. Slonov). During the tour of the theater in Moscow, the actor was noticed by film director I. A. Pyriev and invited to the film "Tractor Drivers". The film was released on a wide screen in 1939, the actor performed well in the film and did not get lost among the already famous artists.

In 1938-1941, he was an actor at the Kiev Film Studio (now the Dovzhenko Film Studio), in 1941-1942 at the Tashkent Film Studio (now Uzbekfilm) and TSOKS (now Kazakhfilm), in 1943-1944 at the Ashgabat (now Turkmenfilm), Stalinabad (now Tajikfilm) and Tbilisi film Studios (now "Georgia-the film"), in 1944-1982 — the Theater Studio of the film actor (now Workshop "12" Nikita Mikhalkov).

During the filming of the films "Tractor Drivers" and "Fighters" he made two very close friends — P. Aleynikov and N. Kryuchkov. Later, in the circle of film actors, he called this company the "holy Trinity." In 1941, the actor, being heavily drunk, allowed himself a number of harsh reviews about the country's leadership. He was imprisoned in a pre-trial detention center, he was threatened with the 58th, "political" article of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR, but after a few months the actor was released on Stalin's personal instructions. During the war, together with M. Bernes, he starred in the legendary film "Two Fighters" (1943).

In the role of Ilya Zhurbin in the film "Big Family" (1954), the actor's ability to embody psychologically deep characters was shown. Andreev's performance of the roles of Lazar Baukin in the film adaptation of Pavel Nilin's novella "Cruelty" (1959) and boatswain Wolverine in the film adaptation of Viktor Konetsky's novella "The Way to the Pier" (1962) is imbued with emotional intensity. The artist's biggest film work was The Leader in the film Optimistic Tragedy (1963).

Boris Andreev died on April 25, 1982 (according to other sources, on April 21 or 24[6]) in Moscow from a massive heart attack. He was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery (2nd floor), although he, as a People's Artist of the USSR, was supposed to rest at Novodevichy; in 1965, he lost his rightful place at the prestigious cemetery to his best friend Peter Aleynikov.