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