Bruno Frejndlikh

Bruno Arturovich Freindlikh was born on October 10, 1909, in Russia. His German ancestors were invited to Russia by Tsar Peter the Great and settled in St. Petersburg around 1700's. The Freindlikh family started a successful glass-making factory in the Russian capital. Young Bruno Freindlikh received an excellent private education and was amateur actor at school. From 1931-1934 he studied acting at the Leningrad Theatrical School, then studied at the Leningrad Institute of Arts from which he graduated in 1938 as an actor.