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Birth name Igor Vladimirovich KvashaNationality RussieBirth 4 february 1933 at Moscow (
Russie)
Death 30 august 2012 (at 79 years) at Moscow (
Russie)
Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Кваша; February 4, 1933 — August 30, 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the Sovremennik founders along with Galina Volchek, Oleg Yefremov, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev and Oleg Tabakov. He was honored with People's Artist of Russia in 1978.
Biography
Igor Kvasha was born in Moscow, the son of scientist Vladimir Ilich Kvasha, of the faculty of Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology. 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.
Recently, the talented actor became a host for the remarkable TV talk show Wait for Me (Russian: Zhdi menya/Жди меня) on Russia's Channel One. Kvasha himself acknowledges that he has got there accidentally. But there are still some vision that he is such an open minded, spiritual man that became the host of this show.
He died in Moscow, at the age of 79.
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