David Malyan

David Melkumovich Malyan (Armenian: Դավիթ Մալյան, 17 April 1904 in Zakatala - 17 July 1976 in Yerevan) was a Soviet and Armenian film and stage actor.

David Malyan
Born	(1904-04-17)April 17, 1904 Zakatala, Russian Empire
Died	July 17, 1976(1976-07-17) (aged 72) Yerevan, Soviet Armenia
Occupation	actor
Years active	1926-1966
Relatives	Henrik Malyan (nephew)

Education and career

David Malyan's plaque in Yerevan

David Malyan studied at Armenian Drama studio in Tbilisi from 1922 to 23 and Worked in the theatres 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).[3]

Filmography

• 1926 - Shor and Shorshor (as devil)
• 1935 - Pepo (as Kakuli)
• 1937 - Six Shots (as officer)
• 1938 - Sevan's Fishermen (as Aram)
• 1938 - Zangezur (as Makich)
• 1939 - Mountainous March (as Vardan)
• 1941 - Blood for Blood (as commander of a tank), short
• 1941 - Family of Patriots (as Levon), short
• 1943 - David-Bek (as Shahumyan)
• 1947 - Anahit (as Hrant)
• 1955 - Ghosts Leave the Peaks (as Satunts)
• 1955 - Looking of the Addressee (as Suren)
• 1956 - The Heart Sings (as Markaryan)
• 1957 - Personally Known (as Kon)
• 1957 - To Whom the Life Smiles (as Metsaturyan)
• 1958 - What's All the Noise of the River About? (as Darbinyan)
• 1960 - They are to Live (as Petrosyan)
• 1961 - Twelve Companions (as Minasyan)
• 1964 - The Difficult Pass (Davtyan)
• 1966 - Hunter From Lalvar (as senior hunter)

References

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.

External links

• David Malyan on IMDb