Semyon Sokolovsky was born on 25 December 1921 in Nezhin, Nezhin uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Ukrainian SSR [now Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg (1953), Vzryv zamedlennogo deystviya (1971) and Paytyun kesgisherits heto (1969). He died on 28 September 1995 in Moscow, Russia.
