Boris Vladimirovich Blinov (19 April 1909 – 13 September 1943) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1935).

Personal life

He was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1929, he became an actor in Bryantsev Youth Theatre. During the filming of '' Wait for Me'', he contracted

typhoid fever Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a disease caused by '' Salmonella'' serotype Typhi bacteria. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several ...

. Nevertheless, he continued his work until the filming was done, dying two months before the film's premiere.

Filmography

* ''

Chapaev Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev or Chapaev (russian: link=no, Василий Иванович Чапаев; 5 September 1919) was a Russian soldier and Red Army commander during the Russian Civil War. Biography Chapayev was born into a poor peasan ...

'' (1934) –

Dmitry Furmanov Dmitriy Andreyevich Furmanov (russian: Дми́трий Андре́евич Фу́рманов; 7 November 1891, Sereda – 15 March 1926, Moscow) was a Russian writer, revolutionary and military officer. Biography He was born to a peasant fam ...

* '' Girl Friends'' (1935) – injured commissioner * ''

The Youth of Maxim ''The Youth of Maxim'' (russian: Юность Максима) is a 1935 Soviet historical drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, the first part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker named Maxim. Plot In 1910, ...

'' (1935) – political prisoner (uncredited) * ''

The Defense of Volotchayevsk The Defense of Volotchayevsk (russian: Волочаевские дни) is a 1937 Soviet history drama film directed and written by the Vasilyev brothers. Plot The Japanese squadron arrives at the raid of Vladivostok. The Japanese command lande ...

'' (1937) – sailor Bublik * ''

The Vyborg Side ''The Vyborg Side'' (russian: Выборгская сторона, Vyborgskaya storona) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg, the final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. The ...

'' (1939) –

Anatoli Zhelezniakov Anatoli Grigorievich Zhelezniakov (May 2, 1895 - July 26, 1919) was a Russian anarchist, Baltic sailor and revolutionary best known for dispersing the short-lived Russian Constituent Assembly on Bolshevik orders during the October Revolution. ...

* ''

Member of the Government Member of the Government (russian: Член правительства, Chlen pravitelstva) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi. Plot Aleksandra Sokolova, the wife of a peasant and a former farm laborer ...

'' (1939) – district committee secretary * '' Yakov Sverdlov'' (1940) – Anatoli Zhelezniakov (uncredited) * ''

The Girl from Leningrad ''The Girl from Leningrad'' (russian: Фронтовые подруги) is a 1941 Soviet adventure film directed by Viktor Eisymont. Plot The film takes place during the Finnish war. A group of girls voluntarily go to the front. Young girls hel ...

'' (1941) – Andrei Morozov * ''

The Murderers are Coming ''The Murderers are Coming'' (russian: Убийцы выходят на дорогу, ''Ubiytsi vikhodyat na dorogu'') is a 1942 Soviet war film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Yuri Tarich based on the 1938 play ''Fear and Misery of the Third R ...

'' (1942) – Theo * '' The Front'' (1943) – guard sergeant Ostapenko * ''

Taxi to Heaven Taxi to Heaven, (russian: Воздушный извозчик) is a 1943 Soviet comedy film directed by Gerbert Rappaport. Plot A lonely pilot Baranov falls in love with a high-profile singer Natasha Kulikova, whose parents are categorically aga ...

'' (1943) – colonel Sergeyev * '' Wait for Me'' (1943) – Nikolai Yermolov (final film role)

Bibliography

* Haynes, John. ''New Soviet Man: Gender and Masculinity in Stalinist Soviet Cinema''. Manchester University Press, 2003.

External links

* 1909 births 1943 deaths 20th-century Russian male actors Male actors from Saint Petersburg Honored Artists of the RSFSR Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Soviet male film actors {{Russia-actor-stub Soviet male stage actors Deaths from typhoid fever