Gregori Chmara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gregori Chmara

actor

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1886

Place of Birth: Poltava, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 03-Feb-1970

Profession: actor, stage actor, theater director, film actor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Gregori Mikhailovich Chmara (Ukrainian: ????? ???????? ??????????, Russian: ????? ???????? ??????????; 29 July 1878 – 3 February 1970) was a Ukrainian-born stage and film actor whose career spanned six decades. Born in Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), Chmara began his career in 1910 at the Moscow Art Theater.
He made several films in Russia and following the Russian Revolution he went to Germany where he performed as a singer.
After meeting the Danish actress Asta Nielsen, the two fell in love and lived together, but never married.
In the 1930, he began appearing in Polish and French films, as well as German films.
His last film role was in the Stellio Lorenzi-directed French television film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky novel Crime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment), filmed in 1970 and released in 1971.
Chmara died in France in 1970.