Valeri Solovtsov was born on January 28, 1904 in Danilovka, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire as Valeri Mikhailovich Solovtsov. He was an actor and director, known for Dom v sugrobakh (1928), Deti buri (1926) and Vratar (1936). He died on November 29, 1977 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.