Konstantin Skorobogatov

Konstantin Vasilevich Skorobogatov was born on March 6, 1887, in Aleksandrovskoe, St. Petersburg province, Russia. From 1897-1903 he was an industrial worker in St. Petersburg. Young Skorobogatov began his acting career as an amateur in 1903, then he joined a touring troupe and performed in many cities across Russia. Skorobogatov had also a stellar career as a stage actor. From 1928-1935 he was a permanent member of the troupe of Bolshoi drama Theatre in Leningrad. From 1935-1969 he was a permanent member of the troupe of the Pushkin Drama Theatre in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). There his stage partners were such remarkable actors as Yekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya, Nikolay Cherkasov, Yuri Yuryev, Boris Babochkin, Nikolai Simonov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Illarion Pevtsov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Aleksandr Borisov, Bruno Frejndlikh, Vladimir Chestnokov, Vladimir Erenberg, Leonid Vivyen, Konstantin Adashevsky, Igor Gorbachyov, Olga Lebzak, Nina Mamaeva, Lidiya Shtykan, Nina Urgant, Valentina Panina, and other notable Russian actors. Konstantin Skorobogatov was awarded the State Prize of the USSR for his stage and film works four times (1941, 1949, 1951, 1952). He was designated the People's Artist of the USSR, and received many other awards and decorations. From 1951-1969 Skorobogatov was Artistic Director of the Pushkin Drama Theatre in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad). He died on July 28, 1959, in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia.