Ivan Ryzhov was born on January 25, 1913 in Zelyonaya Sloboda, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Iwan und Marja (1975), Kashchei the Immortal (1945) and Wie Zar Peter seinen Mohren verheiratete (1976). He died on March 16, 2004 in Moscow, Russia.