Background
Plaksin was born on August 16, 1925 in Lyon, France, where his Russian family settled during the timultuous 1917 Revolution in the Russian Empire, the son of a czarist officer and a nurse
Plaksin was born on August 16, 1925 in Lyon, France, where his Russian family settled during the timultuous 1917 Revolution in the Russian Empire, the son of a czarist officer and a nurse
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse.
The end of the war permitted him to return to acting and professional music He immigrated to the Soviet Union in 1955, becoming known for his various roles in the Soviet cinema. Plaksin was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation in 2001.
In 2003 he starred in the Russian action film White Gold.
After the Nazi invasion of France he became a member of the French Resistance. The multilingual teenager fought as a member of the American army after the Allies finally landed in France in 1944.