1953Nominee
Best Performance
The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
Robert Ross
Actor
USA
November 7, 1905
Biography
Robert Ross was a Soviet film actor of African American descent. He emigrated from the USA to the Soviet Union in 1928. Ross was the first black man to become a citizen of the USSR. He was one of two African-American actors employed at Mosfilm (the other was Weiland Rodd). He played a number of roles in Soviet films between 1936 and 1971. In the 1930's he was an physical instructor at the The Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sports, Youth and Tourism at the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1961Nominee
Best Performance
Madmen's Trial
1971Nominee
Best Performance
Black Sun
Career Highlights
1938Highlight
Best Performance
Doctor Aybolit
1936Highlight
Best Performance
Circus
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The Great Warrior Skanderbeg