Semyon Sokolovsky was born on December 25, 1921 in Nezhin, Nezhin uyezd, Chernogov Governorate, Ukrainian SSR as Solomon Gershevich Sokolovskiy. He was an actor, known for Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg (1954), Vzryv zamedlennogo deystviya (1970) and Dvoe iz odnogo kvartala (1957). He died on September 28, 1995 in Moscow, Russia.