Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 21, 1895(86)
Day of Death
March 9, 1982
Place of Birth
Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
Also Known As
Леонид УтесовЛ. УтесовЛ. Утёсов
Leonid Utyosov
Acting
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
- 1991MovieMemories of the "Cow March"as (archive footage)
- 1991MovieHow It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!as archiveFootage
- 1983MovieI Am Returning Your Portraitas himself (archive)
- 1982MovieOld Recordas Archive voice footage
- 1976MoviePyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Lifeas Himself
- 1975MovieArkadiy Raykinas Self
- 1963MovieМелодии Дунаевского
- 1954MovieVariety Stars
- 1942MovieConcert for the Frontas Self
- 1940MovieConcert on the Screen
- 1934MovieJolly Fellowsas Kostya Potekhin
- 1926MovieThe Career of Spirka Shpandyras Spirka Shpandyr
- 1917MovieThe Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidtas Zarudniy