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Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Actor · 1895–1982 · Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

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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.

Acted in 10

1990s

  1. 1991

    Memories of the "Cow March"

    (archive footage)

  2. How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!

    archiveFootage

1980s

  1. 1982

    Old Record

    Archive voice footage

1960s

  1. 1963

    Мелодии Дунаевского

    Movie

1950s

  1. 1954

    Variety Stars

    Movie

1940s

  1. 1940

    Concert on the Screen

    Movie

1920s

  1. 1926

    The Career of Spirka Shpandyr

    Spirka Shpandyr

  2. Strangers

    Red soldier Egorov

1910s

  1. 1917

    The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt

    Zarudniy

Sound 1

1960s

  1. 1960

    You Can't Cross the Bridge

    Conductor

Appearances4

1980s

  1. 1983

    I Am Returning Your Portrait

    himself (archive)

1970s

  1. 1976

    Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

    Himself

  2. 1975

    Arkadiy Raykin

    Self