Mikhail Vasilyev was born on May 13, 1924 in Chineyevo, Kurgan Okrug, Ural Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Yurgamysh Raion, Kurgan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for
Pogonya (1965),
Kochubey (1958) and
Quiet Flows the Don (1957). He died on August 14, 1990 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].