Alexander Ostuzhev

Alexander Alexeyevich Pozharov (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Пожаров; April 28 [O.S. April 16] 1874, in Voronezh – March 1, 1953, in Moscow),^[1] better known by the stage name Alexander Ostuzhev (Russian: Александр Остужев) was a Russian and Soviet drama actor. Ostuzhev became the lead actor of the Maly Theatre company in Moscow in 1898.

He completely lost hearing by 1910^[2] yet managed to stay on stage and play leading roles at Maly until 1952,^[3] including critically acclaimed productions of Othello (1935) and Uriel da Costa (1940).

^ Date of death, March 1, is uncontroversially agreed upon by Russian sources (i.e. "Krugosvet encyclopedia entry".) although March 4, 1953 issue of The New York Times reported death date as February 28. Ostuzhev's death coincided with publicized terminal agony of Joseph Stalin and thus did not receive as much coverage as it could have in a different time.
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[1] Date of death, March 1, is uncontroversially agreed upon by Russian sources (i.e. "Krugosvet encyclopedia entry".) although March 4, 1953 issue of The New York Times reported death date as February 28. Ostuzhev's death coincided with publicized terminal agony of Joseph Stalin and thus did not receive as much coverage as it could have in a different time.

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