Vasiliy Merkurev: Vasiliy Merkurev. Actor: Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke. Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev was born on April 6, 1904, in Ostrov, Pskov province, Russia. He was the youngest of seven children in the family. His father, named Vasili Ilyich Merkuryev, was a grocer in the city of Ostrov, near Pskov. His mother, named Anna Ilyinichna, was a German immigrant. Young Merkuryev began his acting career in 1920, as an apprentice at the theatre...
Known For: Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke (Stepan Ivanovich), The Cranes Are Flying (Fyodor Ivanovich Borozdin(as V. Merkuryev)), The Great Glinka (Jacob Ulanov Ulyanich), Miners of the Don (Sidor Gorovoy(as V. Merkuryev))