Aleksandr Shirvindt

Biography

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Shirvindt was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor born in Moscow on July 19, 1934. He made his cinema debut in 1956's "She Loves You!" and became an actor at the Lenkom Theatre in 1957, also forming a comedy duo with Mikhail Derzhavin that lasted over six decades. Shirvindt was recognized as People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1989 and went on to direct Moscow Satire Theatre from 2000.