Vagharsh Vagharshian

Vagharsh Bogdani Vagharshian (14 February 1894 – 6 May 1959) was a Soviet and Armenian actor, director, playwright and public figure. People's Artist of the USSR (1954). Vagharshian graduated from a diocese school in Shushi and then worked with an Armenian theater crews in Baku, Azerbaijan. Since 1923 he performed at the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre. In 1941–1944 he was the artistic director of the theater and starred in a number of films. Since 1944 he taught acting at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. He was a deputy of the Supreme Council of USSR. The Song of First Love (1958) was Vagharshian's last film in which he acted. References 1894 births 1959 deaths 20th-century Armenian male actors Actors from Shusha Communist Party of the Soviet Union members First convocation members of the Soviet of the Union Academic staff of the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography People's Artists of Armenia People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Ethnic Armenian male actors Soviet Armenians Armenian dramatists and playwrights Armenian male film actors Armenian male stage actors Armenian theatre directors Soviet dramatists and playwrights Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet theatre directors