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Saveliy Kramarov, a brilliant comedic (and not only) actor, was born.
Well, you're something else! Who's going to put him in jail?! He's a monument!
He grew up in Moscow. In 1938, his father, a legal consultant, was arrested on charges of anti-Soviet agitation and sentenced to eight years in a labor camp. After his release, he was arrested again. He committed suicide. His mother died in 1950 of cancer.
I tried to get into a theater institute, but they didn't accept me. I graduated from a forestry school. Not wanting to work in my field, I sent my photos to film studios. I received a response to one letter. Thus began my film career. Fame came after "The Elusive Avengers."
And along the road, the dead stand with scythes. And silence!
In the early 70s, he was at the height of his fame, especially after his role as Kosoy in Gentlemen of Fortune. He received so many acting offers that he had to turn many down. One rejection he never forgave himself for was the role of Petrukha in White Sun of the Desert.
I play fools, so everyone treats me like family.
His career in the USSR declined after his uncle left for Israel. A man with "questionable connections" was offered fewer and fewer roles. Soon, work disappeared entirely. Kramarov applied to emigrate. His application was rejected. In 1981, he took a desperate step: he wrote a letter to US President Reagan, one actor to another. The letter was read on the Voice of America.
Audiences still laugh at the characters in my films, but I personally am in no mood for laughter right now. I'm not starving, but man doesn't live by bread alone. And although our bread is different, we both love creativity and can't live without it. So please help me find the opportunity to work in my field in your great country.
Kramarov was released from the USSR and settled in Los Angeles. He began acting, appearing in films such as "Moscow on the Hudson," "Tango & Cash," and "Red Heat." He joined the Screen Actors Guild and had great prospects. But then he was diagnosed with cancer. He had feared this disease his entire life, living a healthy lifestyle, not drinking, not smoking, not eating salty foods, and practicing sports and therapeutic fasting.
He died in June 1995, at the age of 61.
