Happy and sad man of Armenian cinema and theater: it is Mher Mkrtchyan's birthday
Science and cultureToday, July 4, is the birthday of the prominent Armenian actor, great comedian of cinema and theater Mher Mkrtchyan. He was born and raised in Gyumri. His love for the arts and especially theater was expressed since the early childhood, when he attended painting, music and theater classes. "Every time I remember my childhood, I do not know why, it appears to me as a little boy riding a bicycle. Perhaps it is because my only childhood dream was to have a bicycle, which I never had. But what childhood without a bicycle?” - remembered Mher Mkrtchyan on one occasion: “I did not manage to have a childhood - a toy, kid, infancy and so on. I started to listen to serious things. It was astonishing… I reached recognition by the films, but I would not change 10 film roles with theater. The theater is a place for prayers, wings and flight, communication with the God, talent, muse”. The great actor died on December 29, 1993. Mher Mkrtchyan’s house-museum operates in Gyumri, with rich materials referring to the actor's life, career, as well as his personal belongings.