Evgeny Perov was a Soviet stage and film actor, and People's Artist of the RSFSR. Born in 1919 in Borisoglebsk, he began his stage career in 1936 at the Pskov Pedagogical Theatre, later working at the Leningrad State Young Spectators Theatre. From 1939, he worked at the Black Sea Fleet Theatre. Evgeny Perov was a participant in the Great Patriotic War: from 1941 to 1945, he worked at the front with the theatre, performing for frontline units during the defense of Sevastopol. From 1946 to 1982, he worked at the Central Children's Theatre. His first significant role was Pavka Korchagin in the 1947 performance "How the Steel Was Tempered". In 1944 Evgeny Perov began appearing in films. Among his most notable film roles are Count Kamensky in "Drama from Old Times" (1971), godfather Yagodov in "Funny People!" (1977), and Erofey Solomin in "Siberiada" (1978). The online collection of the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum features photographs of Yevgeny Perov in the Central Children’s Theatre performances, along with other materials.