Cheslav Sushkevich

Birthday:

09/01/1918

Place of birth:

Saratov, Soviet Russia:

Biography:

Cheslav Sushkevich (Чеслав Сушкевич) was a Soviet actor. In 1935, he entered the theater school at the Meyerhold State Theater, but never completed his studies since it closed in 1938. In 1937, he made his screen debut in the role of young Alexander Gorchakov, comrade A.S. Pushkin, in the film The Youth of the Poet. In 1939, he moved to the Leningrad Comedy Theater. In May 1940, he accepted an offer to join the acting staff of the Soyuzdetfilm film studio. From 1945 to 1951, he was a member of the troupe of the State Film Actor Theater (since 1948 - the Film Actor Studio Theatre), then worked for a short time at the Theater of the Group of Soviet Forces in Austria. In the late 1950s, he returned to films and continued acting until his death in 1991.