Key facts
- Born
- Menakhem-Man Neukh Neyman , ( 1911-10-08 ) 8 October 1911 , Nizhyn , Chernigov Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 16 August 1969 (1969-08-16) (aged 57) , Moscow, Soviet Union , (now Russia)
- Resting place
- Novodevichy Cemetery , Moscow
- Occupations
- Actor, singer
- Years active
- 1929–1969
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mark
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Nizhyn
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- singer
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Mark Bernes 1937.JPG
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- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- Commons category
- Mark Bernes
- date of birth
- 1911-10-08
- date of death
- 1969-08-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- end of work period
- 1969-00-00
- name in native language
- Марк Берне́с
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Encyclopedic overview
Sample of "Shalandy polnyie kefali" by Mark Bernes (1943)
Soviet postcard with scenes from Bernes movies Mark Naumovich Bernes (Russian: Ма́рк Нау́мович Берне́с) (born Menakhem-Man Neukh-Shmuylov Neyman, Russian: Мена́хем-Ман Не́ухович Не́йман; 8 October [O.S. 25 September] 1911, – 16 August 1969) was a Soviet film actor and chansonnier. He is widely regarded as among the most popular artists of the Soviet stage in the 1950s-1960s, and performed a number of poignant songs about World War II, including "Dark Is the Night" (Russian: Тёмная ночь, "Tyomnaya noch"; 1943) and "Cranes" (Russian: Журавли, "Zhuravli"; 1969). He is also credited with playing a primary role in the formation of the golden fund of Soviet song classics. Stalin Prize of first degree (1951).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mark Bernes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.