Boris Sichkin

Biography

Boris Sichkin born in the family of a Jewish shoemaker, who died when he was 4 years old. The elder brother taught Boria dances, and performances, he, in his own memoirs, begun at the Jewish market before going there criminals. After escaping from the house he was expelled from school. In 1937-1941 he studied at the Kiev Ballet School, both danced in the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble.

Member of the Great Patriotic War. In 1941–1946 years - in the front ensemble.

He participated in the work of the theater of Arts, bandleader Eddie Rosner. Staging many rooms and variety programs. Glory his role kupletistov Buba Kastorsky in films about the elusive avengers.

In 1973, in Tambov, he was arrested on suspicion of theft of state property in a large scale. A year later was released. The investigation lasted several years. In the end, Boris Sichkin was finally acquitted.

In 1979 he went to the United States. Member of the editorial board of the New York City newspaper in Russian Russian Bazaar. In 1994, for the first time after emigrating arrived in Russia. He acted in several films.

In recent years he spent in the house for families with low incomes in the New York borough of Queens. Died March 21, 2002 of a heart attack in his apartment in New York. Soon, at the request of his wife, Boris Sichkin remains were recovered from the grave and cremated, and the urn with the ashes moved to Moscow.

Selected filmography