Leonid Utyosov
Acting
- Born:
- 1895-03-21
- Died:
- 1982-03-09
- Place of birth:
- Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
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
Легенды музыки
Memories of the "Cow March"
How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!
I Am Returning Your Portrait
Old Record
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
Arkadiy Raykin
Мелодии Дунаевского
Variety Stars
Concert for the Front
Concert on the Screen
Jolly Fellows
The Career of Spirka Shpandyr
Strangers
The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt