Aleksei Zhiltsov was born on February 21, 1895 in Gavrilov Posad, Suzdal uyezd, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire as Aleksey Vasilevich Zhiltsov. He was an actor, known for Michurin (1949), V poiskakh radosti (1939) and Anna Karenina (1953). He died on February 29, 1972 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.