Eugenio Kusnet

Known for Acting

Eugenio Kusnet's portrait

Details

Birthday: December 29, 1898

Deathday: August 29, 1975

Place of birth: Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Biography

Eugene Shamansky Kuznetsov, Cyrillic: Евгений Шаманский-Кузнецов) (Kherson Oblast, Russian Empire, December 29, 1898 — São Paulo, August 29, 1975), better known as Eugene Kusnet, was an actor, Russian theater director and teacher based in Brazil, considered the promoter of the Stanislavski method in the country and the most prominent actor to use this method on Brazilian stages.