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Famous actor Mher Lazarian's 82nd birth anniversary
July 4, 2012 - 15:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - July 4 marks 82nd birth anniversary of a famous
actor Mher Lazarian, with a memory of him alive in the hearts of many
Armenians.Mher (Frunzik) Lazarian (July 4, 1930 - December 29, 1993)
was a popular Soviet Armenian actor who was named a People's Artist of
the Soviet Union in 1984.
Lazarian was born in Leninakan, currently Gyumri, Armenia. He studied
in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio, and Yerevan Institute of
Fine Arts and Theatre.
Since 1953, he has performed in Yerevan's Sundukyan Drama Theatre. The
actor directed many successful productions, best of them Maxim Gorky's
"The Lower Depths".
His cinema career began in 1955. His famous roles in Rolan Bykov's
"Aybolit-66" (1966), Leonid Gaidai's "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style"
(1966), and Georgi Daneliya's "Mimino" (1977) earned him the
reputation of one of the leading comedy actors in the Soviet Union.
But that reputation sometimes overshadowed his real talent and
emotional depth which he put into his roles in such classics of
Armenian cinema as "Yerankyuni" ("Triangle") (1967), "Menq enq, mer
sarere" ("We, Our Mountains") (1969), "Hayrik" ("Father") (1973),
"Nahapet" (1977), "Hin oreri yerge" ("Old Days' Song") (1982), "Mer
mankutyan tangon" ("Tango of Our Childhood") (1985). Among his many
awards was the USSR State Prize for 1978.
July 4, 2012 - 15:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - July 4 marks 82nd birth anniversary of a famous
actor Mher Lazarian, with a memory of him alive in the hearts of many
Armenians.Mher (Frunzik) Lazarian (July 4, 1930 - December 29, 1993)
was a popular Soviet Armenian actor who was named a People's Artist of
the Soviet Union in 1984.
Lazarian was born in Leninakan, currently Gyumri, Armenia. He studied
in Leninakan Art College and Theatre Studio, and Yerevan Institute of
Fine Arts and Theatre.
Since 1953, he has performed in Yerevan's Sundukyan Drama Theatre. The
actor directed many successful productions, best of them Maxim Gorky's
"The Lower Depths".
His cinema career began in 1955. His famous roles in Rolan Bykov's
"Aybolit-66" (1966), Leonid Gaidai's "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style"
(1966), and Georgi Daneliya's "Mimino" (1977) earned him the
reputation of one of the leading comedy actors in the Soviet Union.
But that reputation sometimes overshadowed his real talent and
emotional depth which he put into his roles in such classics of
Armenian cinema as "Yerankyuni" ("Triangle") (1967), "Menq enq, mer
sarere" ("We, Our Mountains") (1969), "Hayrik" ("Father") (1973),
"Nahapet" (1977), "Hin oreri yerge" ("Old Days' Song") (1982), "Mer
mankutyan tangon" ("Tango of Our Childhood") (1985). Among his many
awards was the USSR State Prize for 1978.