Netflix Movies Starring Igor Ilyinsky

Igor Ilyinsky was a notable Russian actor of Maly Theatre in Moscow, who was best known for his roles in Soviet comedies, such as Byvalov in Volga - Volga (1938). He was born Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky on June 24, 1901, in Moscow, Russia. Young Ilyinsky was fond of theatre, he was involved in drama class while a student of Moscow Gymnasium. In 1917, at the age of 16, he joined the acting studio of Fedor Komissarzhevsky, father of Vera Komissarzhevskaya, and director of Komissarzhevsky Theatre in Moscow. There, in 1917, Ilyinsky made his stage debut in Aristophanes's Lysistrata. From 1920 - 1934 Ilyinsky was member of Meyerhold's Theatre in Moscow, he worked with director Vsevolod Meyerhold for 14 years. By the late 1920s he established himself as a popular comedian in the Soviet Union. At the same time, Ilyinsky also made appearances at the 1st Moscow Art Theatre, as Grumio in the Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'. Read more on iMDB