Eugenio Kusnet

Acting

December 29, 1898— August 29, 1975 (age 76)

Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Also Known As

Eugênio Shamansky Kuznetsov, Евгений Шаманский Кузнецов, Eugênio Kusnet

Biography

Eugene Shamansky Kuznetsov, Cyrillic: Евгений Шаманский-Кузнецов) (Kherson Oblast, Russian Empire, December 29, 1898 — São Paulo, August 29, 1975), better known as Eugene Kusnet, was an actor, Russian theater director and teacher based in Brazil, considered the promoter of the Stanislavski method in the country and the most prominent actor to use this method on Brazilian stages.