Vladimir Balashov was born on July 10, 1920 in Izhevskoye, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR [now Ryazan Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Melodie des Lebens (1950), Krusheniye imperii (1971) and Rimski-Korsakow (1953). He died on December 23, 1996 in Moscow, Russia.