Julian Aleksandrovich Panich (russian: Юлиа́н Алекса́ндрович Па́нич; 23 May 1931 – 9 October 2023) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, and journalist. He was appointed
Honored Artist of Russia
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...
in 1996.
Biography
Julian Aleksandrovich Panich was born in
Kirivigrad/Zinovyevsk on 23 May 1931. After graduating from the
Shchukin Acting School in
Moscow
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in 1954, Panich had a successful career of a Soviet film actor. In 1965 he began working as a television and film director.
In 1972, Julian Panich left the Soviet Union for Israel. Later that year he was offered a job in Munich with the
Radio Liberty
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/
Free Europe
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* Emancipate, to procure ...
radio. Soon Panich became chief program producer with the Russian service (Radio Svoboda) and the symbol of anti-Soviet resistance. As such he was the object of special interest by the
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
.
Personal life and death
After his retirement in 1995, Panich lived in the suburbs of
Rambouillet in
Paris
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.
Panich was married to Ludmila Zweig from 1956. They had a son, Igor Panich (born 1958) who is a writer.
Julian Panich died on 9 October 2023, at the age of 92.
Filmography
* ''
Road to Life'' (1955) as Semyon
* ''
For the Power of the Soviets'' (1956) as Svyatoslav Marchenko
* ''Bloody Dawn'' (1956) as Marco Hushcha
* ''
Different Fortunes'' (1956) as Fedor Morozov
* ''
Three Hundred Years Ago...'' (1956) as
Tymofiy Khmelnytsky
* ''Total Expensive'' (1957) as Roman Baklanov
* ''
Leningrad Symphony'' (1957) as episode
* ''Stepan Kolchugin'' (1958) as Kuzma
* ''Kochubey'' (1958) as Sashko Nalivayko
* ''About My Friend'' (1958) as Aram
* ''
Be Careful, Grandma!'' (1960) as Vasya Kazatchkov
* ''Reflections'' (1960) as episode
* ''Novels Red House'' (1963) as Maxim Sivoshapko
* ''
The Green Carriage'' (1967) as Prince Vasili
* ''Pervorossiyane'' (1968) as Ataman Shurakov
* ''Seeing the White Nights'' (1969) as director
References
External links
*
Юлиан Панич. На театрах. Актёрская исповедь
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1931 births
2023 deaths
Soviet male actors
People from Kropyvnytskyi
Soviet dissidents
Radio and television announcers
Soviet emigrants to Germany
Soviet emigrants to France
20th-century Russian male actors