Mikhail Pogorzhelsky was born on July 21, 1922 in Anchikrak, Odesskaya oblast, Ukraine as Mikhail Bonifatsyevitch Pogorzhelsky. He was an actor, known for Troe vyshli iz lesa (1958), Otkrytaya kniga (1980) and On byl ne odin (1970). He died on March 8, 1995 in Moscow, Russia.