Mikhail Alekseyev was born on May 6, 1918 in Monastyrskoye, Saratov Governorate, RSFSR as Mikhail Nikolayevich Alekseyev. He was a writer and actor, known for Khleb - imya sushchestvitelnoe (1988), Vishnyovyy omut (1982) and Zhuravushka (1969). He died on May 21, 2007 in Moscow, Russia.