Mikhail Sadovsky (junior) was a Soviet stage and film actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and a prominent representative of the renowned Sadovsky acting dynasty. Born in 1909 in Moscow into the family of Maly Theatre actor Mikhail Sadovsky (senior), he began his stage career in 1928. Before finding his main theatrical home, he worked at the Central Theatre of the Red Army, the Moscow Yermolova Theatre, and the Vsevolod Meyerhold Theatre. In 1937, Sadovsky joined the troupe of the State Maly Theatre, to which he dedicated several decades of his life. One of his first and most significant roles on this stage was Molchalin in the 1938 performance of Alexander Griboyedov's comedy "Woe from Wit", directed by Prov Sadovsky. Alongside his theater career, the actor actively appeared in films and participated in television plays. Among his notable screen roles were Count de Traille in "Gobsek" (1936), Prince Zvezdich in "Masquerade" (1941), and Platon Muromsky in "The Cruiser Varyag" (1946). In 1975, the "Iskusstvo" publishing house released his book "Notes of an Actor". The online collection of the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum holds materials related to the life and work of Mikhail Sadovsky.