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Arkadiy Raykin

Arkadiy Raykin

Acting
24 Oct 1911
17 Dec 1987
Riga - Latvia - USSR

Biography

Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (Russian: Аркадий Исаакович Райкин; 24 October [O.S. 11 October] 1911 – 17 December 1987) was a Soviet stand-up comedian, theater and film actor, and stage director. He led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century. Raikin was born into a Jewish family in Riga, in the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire (present-day Latvia). He graduated from the Leningrad Theatrical Technicum in 1935 and worked in both state theatres and variety shows...

Also Known As

Arkadi Rajkin, Аркадий Райкин, Arkadi Raikin, Arkady Raykin

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