Igor Kvasha

Igor Kvasha was born in Moscow,[2] the son of scientist Vladimir Ilich Kvasha, of the faculty of Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology. Kvasha graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School, where he was taught by Aleksander Karev. After graduation, he joined the Moscow Art Theater troupe and performed there for two years (1955-1957). In 1957 he started work at the newly established Sovremennik Theater, where he remained.

In his last years, Kvasha hosted the TV talk show Wait for Me (Russian: Жди меня) on Russia's Channel One. Kvasha himself acknowledges that he has got there accidentally.

He died in Moscow at the age of 79.

• Sergeant Fetisov as Tavrizyan (1961)
• Adventures of a Dentist as Merezhkovsky (1965)
• Property of the Republic as Lagutin, ataman (1972)
• The Straw Hat as Lieutenant Emil Tavernier (1975)
• The Flight of Mr. McKinley as Director of SB-Salvatory (1975)
• Forever Alive as Vladimir (1976)
• The Very Same Munchhausen as burgomaster (1979)
• A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines as pastor Adams (1987)
• Passport as Rabbi (1990)
• The Master and Margarita as Stravinsky (1994)
• The First Circle as Joseph Stalin (2006)
• The White Guard as narrator (2012)
• Ku! Kin-dza-dza as Yk, a carousel owner (2013)

• Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 3rd class (30 March 2006) - for outstanding contribution to the development of theatre and many years of creative activity
• People's Artist of the USSR (1968)
• By the President of the Russian Federation (25 January 2008) - for his contribution to the development of Russian theater and film [6]
• National Prize actor Andrei Mironov "Figaro" in the "For Service to the Fatherland theatre"

• Igor Kvasha on IMDb
• Igor Kvasha at Peoples (in Russian)
• Igor Kvashs at Encyclopedia Slovary (in Russian)

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