Background
LYUBIMOV, Yuriy was born on September 30, 1917 in Yaroslavl’.
LYUBIMOV, Yuriy was born on September 30, 1917 in Yaroslavl’.
Vakhtangov Theatre Studio.
Oleg Koshevoy (The Young Guard by Fadeyev), Shubin (On the Eve by Turgenev), Chris (All My Sons by A. Miller), Benedict (Much Ado About Nothing), Mozart (The Little Tragedies by Pushkin); prominent in Soviet films since 1947, including Robinson Crusoe. Productions include: The Good Woman of Szechwan 1963, Ten Days that Shook the World 1965, Mother (Gorky) 1969, Hamlet 1972, Crime and Punishment (London) 1983, The Devils (London, Paris) 1985, Boris Godunov (Moscow) 1987, Hamlet (London) 1989.Served in Soviet Army 1940-1947. Teacher and Director Shchukin Drama School (Vakhtangov Theatre) 1953-1963. Director Moscow Theatre of Drama and Comedy (Taganka) 1964-1984, December since 1989.
Left the Soviet Union 1984, returned 1987, citizenship restored 1990.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1947(&1).