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ARMEN JIGARKHANYAN MARKS 78TH BIRTHDAY
14:41 03/10/2013 " CULTURE
Famous Armenian theater and cinema actor Armen Jigarkhanyan turns
78 today.
Armen Jigarkhanyan, born on Oct. 3, 1935 is one of the most popular
Armenian actors working in Russia. Jigarkhanyan worked as assistant
cameraman at Armenfilm studios in 1953-1954. He began his acting
career in 1955 at the Russian Stanislavsky Theater in Yerevan, and
in 1967 moved to the Lenkom Theatre in Moscow. In 1969 he joined the
Mayakovsky Academic Theater.
Jigarkhanyan was awarded the Armenian Republican State Prize in 1975
for Triangle and again in 1979 for Snow in Mourning. He appeared as
a chief gangster in the 1979 TV series The Meeting Place Cannot Be
Changed. In 1981 he played a leading role as Nazi Max Richard in an
international Cast in Russian-French Movie Teheran 43. He was given
the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1985. In 1996 he founded
his own theater in Moscow.
Source: Panorama.am
14:41 03/10/2013 " CULTURE
Famous Armenian theater and cinema actor Armen Jigarkhanyan turns
78 today.
Armen Jigarkhanyan, born on Oct. 3, 1935 is one of the most popular
Armenian actors working in Russia. Jigarkhanyan worked as assistant
cameraman at Armenfilm studios in 1953-1954. He began his acting
career in 1955 at the Russian Stanislavsky Theater in Yerevan, and
in 1967 moved to the Lenkom Theatre in Moscow. In 1969 he joined the
Mayakovsky Academic Theater.
Jigarkhanyan was awarded the Armenian Republican State Prize in 1975
for Triangle and again in 1979 for Snow in Mourning. He appeared as
a chief gangster in the 1979 TV series The Meeting Place Cannot Be
Changed. In 1981 he played a leading role as Nazi Max Richard in an
international Cast in Russian-French Movie Teheran 43. He was given
the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1985. In 1996 he founded
his own theater in Moscow.
Source: Panorama.am