Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bryantsev (; 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 famil 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" External links Biography 1883 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Russian male actors Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Male actors from Saint Petersburg Theatre directors from Saint Petersburg People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Male actors from the Russian Empire Theatre directors from the Russian Empire Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet theatre directors