Aleksandr Bryantsev

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bryantsev (Александр Александрович Брянцев; 14 April 1883 – 30 September 1961) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater director and pedagogue.

He was born in Saint Petersburg to an official's family and graduated from The Second Saint Petersburg Gymnasium in 1902.

Awards

 * Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1932)
 * Three Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1939, 1946, 1953)
 * People's Artist of the RSFSR (1939)
 * Stalin Prize, 2nd class (1950)
 * People's Artist of the USSR (1956)
 * Order of the Badge of Honour (1957)
 * Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 * Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"