Background
MOSKVIN, Ivan was born on June 18, 1874 in Moscow. Son of a master watch-maker.
MOSKVIN, Ivan was born on June 18, 1874 in Moscow. Son of a master watch-maker.
1896 completed drama class atMusical Drama College, Moscow Philharmonic Social. Studied under Nemirovich-Danchenko.
Prior to 1893 errand boy in a store, then weighman and order clerk at a foundry. Took part in amateur dramatics. 1896-1897 actor, Z. A. Malinovskiy’s company in Yaroslavl'.
1897-1898 actor, Korsh Theater, Moscow. From 1898 until death actor, Moscow Arts Theater. Also film parts; co-produced shows: “The Bluebird”.
Revizor (The Government Inspector). Mcsyats v derevne (A Month in the Country). Smert' Pazukhina (The Death of Pazukhin).
Tri tolstyaka (Three Fat Man), etc. From 1943 director, Moscow Arts Academy Theater. Chairman, Committee for Awarding Stalin Prizes (for art and lit).
Deputy, USSR Supreme Soviet of 1937 convocation. Roles: in theater: Tsar Fyodor in A. K. Tolstoy's “Tsar’ Fyodor Ioannovich” (1898). Tesman in Ibsen’s “Hedda Gablcr” (1899).
Arnold in Hauptmann’s “Mikael Kramer” (1901). Luka in Gorky’s Na dne (The Lower Depths) (1902). Oswald in Ibsen’s “Ghosts” (1905).
Zagoretskiy in Griboyedov’s Gore ot uma (Woe from Wit) (1906). Golutvin in Ostrovskiy's Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovol’no prostoty (There’s a Simpleton in Every Sage) (1910). Fyodor Protasov in L. N. Tolstoy’s Zhivoy trup (The Living Corpse) (1911).
Prokofiy Pazukhin in Saltykov- Shchedrin’s “The Death of Pazukhin” (1914). Foma Opiskin in Selo Stepanchikovo (Stepanchikovo Village) (1917), after Do- stoyevskiy. Pugachev in Trenyov’s Pugachyovshchina (The Pugachev Rebellion) (1925).
Chcrvakov in L. M. Leonov’s “Untilovsk” (1928). Professor Gomostayev in Trenyov’s “Lyubov’ Yarovaya” (1936). General Gorlov in Korneychuk’s “Front” (1942).
Vice-Admiral Belobrov in Kron’s Ofitser flota (Naval Officer) (1945), etc. Film roles: Polikushka in “Polikushka” (1919). Samson Vyrin in Kollezhskiy registrator (The Collegium Recorder) (1925), after Pushkin’s novelette Stantsionnyy smotritel’ (The Station Master).
Chcrvyakov in Chiny i lyudi (Ranks and Persons) (1929), etc.