Iosif Tolchanov

Iosif Tolchanov was an actor and director at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, Soviet Union. He was born Iosif Moiseevich Tolchan (later changed his last name to Tolchanov) on May 11, 1891, in Moscow, Russia. From 1911 - 1914 he attended Liege University in France. In 1917 - 1918 he studied acting under Boris Zakhava in Moscow, then, from 1918 - 1920 studied acting under Yevgeni Vakhtangov, and made his stage debut in 1918 in "Vory" (aka.. Thieves), a play by Anton Chekhov. From 1918 to 1980 Tolchanov was a permanent member of the troupe at Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow.