Background
ZUSKIN, Veniamin was born in 1899.
Jewish actor and stage director
ZUSKIN, Veniamin was born in 1899.
1921 joined Studio and three months later admitted to Company of State Jewish Chamber Theater. From 1935 taught at Theatrical College, Moscow Jewish Theater. From 1948 artistic director, State Jewish Theater.
Also film work; Roles: the First Jew in Sholom Alcichcm’s “Saliycne” (1921). Main role in Gol’dfaden’s “The Witch” (1922). Soloveychik in Sholom Alcichcm’s “200,000” (1923).
Doctor Bobritskiy in Bcrgel’son’s “Measure of Severity” (1933). The Fool in Shakespeare's “King Lear" (1935). Gotsmakh in “Wandering Stars,” after Sholom Aleichem (1940).
Badkhen in “Freylckhs” (1945). Lyakhovich in Lin’kov’s “The Noise of the Forests” (1947), et cetera