Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Known for

Acting

Born

March 21, 1895

Birthplace

Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Died

March 9, 1982 (aged 86)

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.

Best known work

Jolly Fellows
Jolly Fellows
1934
The Career of Spirka Shpandyr
The Career of Spirka Shpandyr
1926
Variety Stars
Variety Stars
1954
Concert on the Screen
Concert on the Screen
1940
Мелодии Дунаевского
Мелодии Дунаевского
1963
Memories of the "Cow March"
Memories of the "Cow March"
1991
How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!
How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!
1991
Concert for the Front
Concert for the Front
1942
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
1976
The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt
The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt
1917

Filmography

  1. 2015

    Легенды музыкиTV

    as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

  2. 1991

    Memories of the "Cow March"

    as (archive footage)

  3. 1991

  4. 1983

    I Am Returning Your Portrait

    as himself (archive)

  5. 1982

    Old Record

    as Archive voice footage

  6. 1976

  7. 1975

  8. 1963

  9. 1960

  10. 1954

  11. 1942

  12. 1940

  13. 1934

    Jolly Fellows

    as Kostya Potekhin

  14. 1926

  15. 1926

    Strangers

    as Red soldier Egorov

  16. 1917

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