Mark Bernes captivated the viewer with his virtuoso acting and gentle manner of performing songs. He became a real folk artist. Songs performed by Bernes sounded in concerts, performed on television. And his acting work was included in the treasury of domestic cinema.
From the biography of Mark Bernes
Mark Naumovich Bernes (real name - Neumann) was born on October 8, 1911. The place of his birth was the city of Nizhyn, in the Chernihiv region in Ukraine. Mark's father worked in an artel, which was engaged in the collection of scrap materials. Mom was an ordinary housewife. When the boy was 5 years old, the family moved to Kharkov. Here Mark attended school, and then began to study at the theater college.
At first, the young man performed in amateur productions, and subsequently began to act as an extras in one of the solid theaters of Kharkov. Sometimes he was trusted to replace the sick actors. So he mastered his first serious roles. It was in those years that Mark began to use the pseudonym Bernes.
