Oleg Popov
Birthday
1930/07/31
Day of death
2016/11/02 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Vyrubovo, Moskovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Also know as
Oleg Konstantinowitsch Popow, Oleg Konstantinovič 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 i...Read more
Acting
(1965) New Year's Fair
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(1953) Daring Circus Youth
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(1976) A Funny Dream, or Laughter and Tears
as Mag Univer
(1976) Mama
as The Bear
(1979) Sun in the String Bag
as Sun Clown
(1959) Clumsy Friend
as Zhenya
(1966) Armourless Knight
as Priyatel
(1960) The Lost Photography
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(1976) The Blue Bird
as Clown
(1987) Free Admittance
as Oleg Popov
(1970) New Year's Abduction
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(1970) The performance begins!
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(1968) Half A Hour For Miracles
as The Wall Painter
(1966) The Last Crook
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(1986) What is Yeralash?
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(1966) Clown in the City: Oleg Popov in Leningrad
as Self
(1958) Circus Festival
as Self
(1971) Parad-Alle
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(1977) Mama
as Ursul
(1976) 30 millions d'amis
as Self
(1955) Was bin ich?
as Self
(1974) Yeralash
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