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David Malyan
David Malyan
Born	April 17, 1904; Zaqatala, Russian Empire
Died	July 17, 1976 (aged 72); Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Actor, theater director and pedagogue
Years active	1926–1976
Relatives	Henrik Malyan (nephew)

David Melkumovich Malyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Մալյան, 17 April 1904 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet and Armenian film and stage actor, theater director and pedagogue.

Education and career

David Malyan studied at Armenian Drama studio in Tbilisi from 1922 to 1923 and worked in theaters in Yerevan, Tbilisi, Leninakan. He was one of the leading actors of the Sundukyan Drama Theatre of Yerevan since 1932.^[1]^[2]

Awards

Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1936)
People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1943)
People's Artist of the USSR (1974)
Two Stalin Prizes (1950, 1952)
Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1944, 1956)
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"^[3]

Filmography

Shor and Shorshor (1926) – Satan
Pepo (1935) – Kakuli
Zangezur (1938) – Makich
David Bek (1944) – Stepan Shaumian (voice dubbed by Alexander Khvylya)

References

^ "Давид Малян (David Malyan) - биография - Кино-Театр.РУ". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ "David Malyan - Armenian Cinema". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
^ "Давид Малян (David Malyan) - биография - Кино-Театр.РУ". Retrieved 9 August 2015.

External links

David Malyan at IMDb

[1] "Давид Малян (David Malyan) - биография - Кино-Театр.РУ". Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[2] "David Malyan - Armenian Cinema". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[3] "Давид Малян (David Malyan) - биография - Кино-Театр.РУ". Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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