Viktor Dobrovolsky

Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor

Viktor Dobrovolsky
Born	Viktor Nikolaevich Dobrovolsky (1906-01-23)January 23, 1906 Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	July 28, 1984(1984-07-28) (aged 78)^[1] Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1922–1984

Viktor Nikolaevich Dobrovolsky (Russian: Виктор Николаевич Добровольский; Ukrainian: Віктор Миколайович Добровольський; January 23, 1906 – July 28, 1984), was a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1960).

Biography

In 1928, he graduated from the drama school at Odessa drama theatre. In 1922, he began his stage career. Worked in theatres of Odessa, Kharkiv, Donetsk. In 1944–1956 — actor in the troupe of Ukrainian music and drama theatre named after Ivan Franko in Kiev. In the years 1964–1984 — the leading actor of the Kiev drama theatre named after Lesya Ukrainka. Since 1926 were in the movie. A member of the Union of cinematographers of the Ukrainian SSR.

Died in Kiev on July 28, 1984. He was buried on Baikove Cemetery.