Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 21, 1895
Place of Birth:
Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
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Leonid Utyosov
Biography
Leonid Osipovich Utyosov or Utesov (Russian: Леони́д О́сипович Утёсов); real name Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (Russian: Ла́зарь (Ле́йзер) Ио́сифович Вайсбе́йн) (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1895, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet jazz singer and comic actor of Jewish origin, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Memories of the "Cow March" | (archive footage) |
| 1991 | How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite! | archiveFootage |
| 1983 | I Am Returning Your Portrait | himself (archive) |
| 1982 | Old Record | Archive voice footage |
| 1976 | Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life | Himself |
| 1975 | Arkadiy Raykin | Self |
| 1963 | Мелодии Дунаевского | |
| 1954 | Variety Stars | |
| 1942 | Concert for the Front | Self |
| 1940 | Concert on the Screen | |
| 1934 | Jolly Fellows | Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin) |
| 1926 | The Career of Spirka Shpandyr | Spirka Shpandyr |
| 1926 | Чужие | Red soldier Egorov |
| 1917 | The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt | Zarudniy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Легенды музыки | Self (archive footage) |