Background
Alexander Kuzmich Polinsky (Alexander Kuzmich Belyaev) was born on November 12, 1908, in Irkutsk, Irkutsk region, Russian Federation.
Alexander Kuzmich Polinsky (Alexander Kuzmich Belyaev) was born on November 12, 1908, in Irkutsk, Irkutsk region, Russian Federation.
In 1928, Alexander Kuzmich Polinsky graduated from a private studio at the Omsk Theater. After graduation, he began to play in theaters.
After graduation, Alexander Kuzmich Polinsky started to play in different theaters. From 1928 to 1940, he worked in theaters in such cities as Vyatka, Almaty, Frunze, Krasnodar. From 1940 to 1950, he was an actor of the Voronezh Drama Theater.
Among his main roles: Karandyshev in "Without a Dowry", Neznamov in "Guilty Without Fault", Zhadov in "A Profitable Position" by Alexander Ostrovsky; Chatsky in "Woe from Wit" (also translated as "The Woes of Wit", "Wit Works Woe") by Alexander Griboyedov; Othello in "The Tragedy of Othello" (also translated as “The Moor of Venice") by William Shakespeare; Vronsky in "Anna Karenina", Protasov in "The Living Corpse" by Leo Tolstoy; Ferdinand in "Intrigue and Love" (also translated as "Love and Politics" or "Luise Miller" by Friedrich Schiller; Lavretsky in "Home of the Gentry" (also translated as "A Nest of the Gentlefolk" or "A Nest of the Gentry" by Ivan Turgenev; Safonov in "Russian People" by Konstantin Simonov.
Alexander Kuzmich tried himself as a director, he staged such performances as "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare in 1946 and "The Phantom Lady" by Pedro Calderon in 1949. From 1942 to 1949, he was the chairman of the Voronezh branch of the Theatre Workers Union of the RSFSR. From 1946 to 1950, led the amateur drama team at the House of the Soviet army.
In 1950, he was an actor of the Moscow Theater of Drama and Comedy. Among the roles: Jakob "The Last Ones" (translated also as "Our Father", "Posledniye") by Maxim Gorky; Fowler in "The Quiet American" by Graham Greene. He spent the season from 1953 to 1954 at the Central Theater of the Red Army.
Alexander Kuzmich Polinsky was a member of the Voronezh branch of the Theatre Workers Union of the RSFSR. From 1942 to 1949, he was the chairman of the Voronezh branch of the Theatre Workers Union of the RSFSR.
Alexander Kuzmich Polinsky was an outstanding actor. He was devoted to his acting. He tried his hand at directing.
Alexander Kuzmich was married. His wife's name was Galina Nikolaevna Vlasova.
