27/09/2013 11:24
Actor Sos Sargsyan dies
Prominent Armenian actor, director and writer Sos Sargsyan died in Yerevan on September 26. Sos Sargsyan was born on Octobrer 24, 1929, in Stepanavan in northern Armenia . He moved to Yerevan in 1948 and started to perform at the Theater of the Young Spectator, Aravot.am said.
He graduated from the Fine Arts and Theater Institute in 1954 as an actor. Between 1954 and 1991 he performed at the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan. In 1991 he established the Hamazgayin (Pan-National) Theater, which he headed until his death. From 1997 to 2006 he was the rector of the Yerevan Cinema and Theatre Institute.
In 2009 Sos Sargsyan was elected member of Armenia’s Public Council. He starred in over 40 films, mostly Armenian, including ‘Triangle, ‘Guys from the Army Band’, ‘Heghnar Spring’, and others. Besides Armenian films, he has starred in a number of Russian films, most notable of which is Solaris (1972), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.