People
Oleg Popov
Biography:
Born in the village of Vyrubovo, Kuntsevo district, Moscow oblast, RSFSR, USSR. Famous clown. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1956). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1958). People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Educated at the State School of Circus Arts (graduated in 1950). Began his career as an equilibrist, performing with the act "Eccentric on a Free Wire". In 1951, he debuted as a carpet clown. He finally established himself in this role in the Youth Circus Group (1951-1953). Created the artistic image of the "Sunny Clown" - an indefatigable guy with a shock of blond hair in deliberately wide striped pants and a checkered cap. The artist took part in the first tours of the Soviet circus in... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Free Admittance as Oleg Popov | 1987-03-28 |
What is Yeralash? | 1986-01-01 |
Sun in the String Bag as Sun Clown | 1979-07-19 |
Mama as The Bear | 1976-09-15 |
A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears as Mag Univer | 1976-06-06 |
The Blue Bird as Clown | 1976-04-30 |
The performance begins! | 1970-09-18 |
New Year's Abduction | 1970-01-13 |
Half A Hour For Miracles as The Wall Painter | 1968-01-01 |
The Last Crook | 1966-11-26 |
Armourless Knight as Priyatel | 1966-02-14 |
Новогодняя ярмарка | 1965-01-01 |
The Lost Photography | 1960-05-12 |
Clumsy Friend as Zhenya | 1959-01-01 |
Daring Circus Youth | 1953-07-04 |