Mikhail Alekseyev was born on May 6, 1918 in Monastyrskoye, Saratov Governorate, RSFSR [now Saratov Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for
Zhuravushka (1969),
Russkoye pole (1972) and
Vishnyovyy omut (1982). He died on May 19, 2007 in Moscow, Russia.