Georgi Tovstonogov

Known for Directing

Georgi Tovstonogov's portrait

Details

Birthday: September 28, 1915

Deathday: May 23, 1989

Place of birth: Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

Biography

Georgi Tovstonogov was a highly acclaimed Soviet theatre director who led Leningrad's Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater from 1956 until his death in 1989.