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