Театр имени Моссовета
Vsevolod Sanayev was born on 25 February 1912 in Tula. In 1926 — 1930 he worked as a bayan technician at the Tula factory of musical instruments. After a short stint at a local theatre, in 1931 he was invited to join the Tula-based Gorky Theatre of Drama and Comedy and soon enrolled in the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts. After the graduation in 1937 he joined the Moscow Art Theatre troupe. In 1938, he debuted on screen in the film "Volga-Volga" (where he had two minor roles), and in 1940 enjoyed his first success as Dobryakov in the film "The Girl I Love". In 1943, Sanayev joined the Mossovet Theatre and in 1952 moved to the Moscow Art Theatre.