Alexander Khvylya

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Alexander Khvylya
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Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya (born Bressem, Russian: Александр Леопольдович Хвыля, Ukrainian: Олександр Леопольдович Хвиля, Oleksandr Leopoldovych Khvylya; 15 July 1905 – 17 October 1976) was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor who played in The Diamond Arm, The End of Chyrva Kozyr, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and others. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (23 October 1963).[1]

Khvylya was born in the Swedish colony in the village of Oleksandro-Shultyne (Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire) to Swedish parents as Alexander Leopoldovich Bressem.[1] Today the village is part of the Ivanopil rural community in Kostiantynivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast.

Career[edit]

In 1922, he graduated from the Vorovsky Drama Studio.[2] Khvylya worked in the Zankovetska Music-Drama Theater from 1924 through 1926, then in Berezil that just relocated to Kharkiv from Kyiv. From 1934 until the German invasion of WWII, he worked in the Kharkiv Drama Theater of Shevchenko. Later, Khvylia relocated to Moscow, where he worked in the State theater of a cinema-actor.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Александр Леопольдович Хвыля - биография . Archived 2016-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Вылитый Пархоменко". rg.kiev.ua. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  3. ^ Actress Inna Makarova, about the movie "The Young Guard": Stalin said: "Shootings to continue" Izvestiya
  4. ^ 350. Dangerous roles Archived 2009-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Chronographъ

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