Eugenio Kusnet

Born: 1898-12-29

Birthplace: Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

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.