August 30, 2012 theater actor Igor Kvasha passes away.
Russian stage, radio, film and TV actor Igor Kvasha died
in Moscow today August 30, 2012 at the age of 79.
Igor Kvasha was born in Moscow on February 3, 1933, the
son of scientist Vladimir Ilich Kvasha, who worked at a faculty at the
Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology. His mother, a
teacher, worked in schools for the mentally disabled.
Kvasha graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School,
where he was taught by Aleksander Karev. After graduation he joined the Moscow
Art Theater troupe and performed there for two years (1955-1957). In 1957 he
started work at the newly-established Sovremennik Theater, where he remained.
Igor appeared as the pastor in his only Euro-western "The Man from Boulevard Capucines" (1987).
Recently, the talented actor became a host for a
remarkable TV talk show of the Russian TV First Channel “Zhdi menya” (“Wait for
Me Russia”). Kvasha himself acknowledges that he has got where he is by
accident. But he still had such vision an an open minded, spiritual man that he
became the host of the show.
He was awarded the Order "For Services to the
Fatherland" III degree (2006) for outstanding contribution to the
development of theatre and many years of creative activity
Kvasha is survived by his wife, son and two grandchildren.
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