Boris Sichkin


Boris Mikhailovich Sichkin was a Soviet film actor, dancer, choreographer, master conversational genre, composer.

Biography

Sichkin born in Kyiv in the family of a Jewish shoemaker, who died when he was 4 years old. The elder brother taught Boris dances and performances, according to the memoirs, his first performances took place at the Jewish market in front of some criminals who used to assemble there. After escaping from the house he was expelled from school. In 1937–1941 he studied at the Kiev Ballet School, and danced in the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble.
He participated in the Great Patriotic War in 1941–1946 in the front ensemble.
He participated in the work of the theater of Arts, bandleader Eddie Rosner. Staging many rooms and variety programs. Glory his role kupletistov Buba Kastorsky in films about the elusive avengers.
In 1973, in Tambov, he was arrested on suspicion of theft of state property in a large scale. A year later was released. The investigation lasted several years. In the end, Boris Sichkin was finally acquitted.
In 1979 he went to the United States. Member of the editorial board of the New York City newspaper in Russian Russian Bazaar. In 1994, for the first time after emigrating arrived in Russia. He acted in several films.
In recent years he spent in the house for families with low incomes in the New York borough of Queens.

Death

He died on March 21, 2002, of a heart attack in his apartment in New York. Soon, at the request of his wife, Sichkin's remains were recovered from the grave and cremated, and the urn with the ashes moved to Moscow.

Selected filmography