Sos Sargsyan

Sos Sargsyan (Armenian: Սոս Սարգսյան; 24 October 1929 – 26 September 2013) was a prominent Armenian actor, director and writer.[2][3]

Sos Sargsyan

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Born
Sos Artashesi Sargsyan

(1929-10-24)24 October 1929
Stepanavan, Soviet Armenia
Died26 September 2013(2013-09-26) (aged 83)
Yerevan, Armenia
Resting placeKomitas Pantheon[1]
NationalityArmenian
OccupationActor, director
Years active1947–2013
AwardsPeople's Artist of the Soviet Union (1985)
People's Artist of Armenia

Biography

Sos Sargsyan was born in Stepanavan in northern Armenia, at the time part of the Soviet Union. He moved to Yerevan in 1948 and started to perform at the Theater of the Young Spectator. 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.[4]

In October 1991, a month after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union, Sargsyan took part in the first presidential election in independent Armenia. He was nominated by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.[5] In 1991 he established the Hamazgayin (Pan-National) Theater, which he headed until his death.[4][6] From 1997 to 2006 he was the rector of the Yerevan Cinema and Theatre Institute.[7] Sargsyan died on 26 September 2013 in Yerevan.[2] Sargsyan's funeral was held on 29 September in attendance of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan and thousands of people. He was buried at the Komitas Pantheon.[8]

Career

Sargsyan started acting in 1947. Some of his most notable roles include Don Quixote, Iago, King John, King Lear, etc. He starred in over 40 films, mostly Armenian.[4] Besides Armenian films he has starred in a number of Russian films, most notable of which is Solaris (1972), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.[9]

Filmography
Sargsyan on a 2019 stamp of Artsakh
The statue of Sargsyan in Stepanavan
Sargsyan's tomb in Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon
  • 1960: Guys from the Army Band as Artashes (uncredited)
  • 1962: Tchanaparh as Dayan
  • 1966: Msyo Zhake yev urishner as Priest (segment "The Priest's Promise")
  • 1967: Triangle as varpet Mkrtich
  • 1968: Aprum er mi mard
  • 1969: We and Our Mountains as Lieutenant
  • 1971: Heghnar spring as varpet Mkrtich
  • 1972: Khatabala as Zambakhov
  • 1972: Solaris as Dr. Gibarian
  • 1974: Hndzan as Vardan
  • 1974: Qaos as Smbat Alimyan
  • 1975: Zhayre as Hayrapet
  • 1976: I togda ty vernyoshsya as Babayan
  • 1977: Yerkunq as Murza
  • 1977: Sobstvennoe mnenie as Ashot Gasparyan
  • 1977: Nahapet as Nahapet
  • 1978: Star Of Hope as Movses
  • 1978: Komissiya po rassledovaniyu
  • 1979: The Best Half of Life
  • 1979: Goluboy lev as «Yuvelir»
  • 1980: Beyond The Seven Mountains as Hovsep
  • 1981: Dzori Miro as Miro
  • 1982: Gikor as Hambo
  • 1984: Sans Famille (TV Movie) as Vitalis
  • 1985: Apple Garden as Martin
  • 1985: Tchermak anurjner as Hakob
  • 1985: Khndzori aygin as Martin
  • 1986: Pod znakom odnorogoy korovy
  • 1987: Yeghishe Charents – Known and Unknown Sides
  • 1988: Kvartet as Petros
  • 1988: Pharmacy On The Corner as Adamyan
  • 1988: Vozneseniye
  • 1989: I povtoritsya vsyo
  • 1992: Where Have You Been, Man of God? (TV Mini-Series) as Stepham Yesayan
  • 2001: And There Was Light
  • 2001: The Merry Bus as priest
  • 2006: Mayak as Grandfather

References
  1. "Renowned Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan buried at Komitas pantheon". Tert.am. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. "Prominent Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan dies". Armenpress. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  3. "Famous Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan dies at 84". Panorama.am. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. "Սոս Սարգսյան [Sos Sargsyan]" (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan Municipality Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. "Actor, Activist Sos Sargsyan Dies at 84". Asbarez. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  6. "Sargsyan, Sos". Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  7. "Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan passes away". Tert.am. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  8. "President Serzh Sargsyan Bid Farewell To The Great Devotee Of The Armenian Theater Art Sos Sarkissian". The Office to the President of the Republic of Armenia. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  9. "Sos Sargsyan dies at 84". Public Radio of Armenia. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
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