Hnat Yura

Hnat Petrovych Yura
BornJanuary 8, 1888
Fedvar, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 18, 1966 (aged 78)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationsActor, Director
Years active1936-1958 (film)
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Hnat Petrovych Yura (Ukrainian: Гнат Петрович Юра, IPA: [ɦnɑt peˈtrɔwɪtʃ juˈrɑ]; also Gnat Yura; 8 January [O.S. 27 December] 1888[1] – January 18, 1966) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director, actor of theatre and film, pedagogue. He directed two films, and appeared on screen six times during the Soviet era.[2] Yura received titles of professor (1946), People's Actor of Ukraine (1930), and People's Actor of the Soviet Union (1940).[1]

Biography

Yura was born in village Fedvar (today Pidlisne).[1] His stage experience started in 1904 within an amateur club, while his professional performance started in 1907 as part of the Maksymovych troupe.[1] Before the World War I he emigrated to Austria-Hungary where in 1913–1914 performed as an actor at the Ruska Besida Association theater in Lemberg (Lviv).[1] Soon after the start of World War I, Yura was a member of the "Molodyi Teatr" theatre (Les Kurbas troupe) located in Kiev.[1] In 1919 "Molodyi Teatr" was added to the newly reformed First Theater of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic based on the State Drama Theater of Ukraine.[3][1] In 1920 a group of former "Molodyi Theatre" led by Yura joined "Novyi Lvivskyi Teatr", which in Vinnytsia was reformed into the Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre, and for a few years (1920–1923) toured Ukraine.[1]

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

  • James Steffen. The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov. University of Wisconsin Pres, 2013.


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