Actor · Script Consultant
Born Mar 16, 1890 · Daugavpils, Latvia
Active 1925–1948 · Awards: Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels was a Soviet actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theater. Mikhoels served as the chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee during World War II.