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
1934
The Career of Spirka Shpandyr
1926
Variety Stars
1954
Concert on the Screen
1940
Мелодии Дунаевского
1963
Memories of the "Cow March"
1991
How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!
1991
Concert for the Front
1942
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
1976
The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt
1917Filmography
2015
1991
Memories of the "Cow March"as (archive footage)
1991
How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!as archiveFootage
1983
I Am Returning Your Portraitas himself (archive)
1982
Old Recordas Archive voice footage
1976
1975
Arkadiy Raykinas Self
1963
1960
You Can't Cross the BridgeConductor
1954
1942
Concert for the Frontas Self
1940
1934
Jolly Fellowsas Kostya Potekhin
1926
The Career of Spirka Shpandyras Spirka Shpandyr
1926
Strangersas Red soldier Egorov
1917
The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidtas Zarudniy