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Leonid Kuravlyov
Actor
Died January 30, 2022 (85 years)
Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow.
In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin.
The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975).
In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others.
During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”.
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Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow.
In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin.
The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975).
In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others.
During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2016 | All That Jam · as Father Leonty |
| 2012 | Corporal vs. Napoleon · as Cast |
| 2009 | Kniga masterov · as Barin |
| 2008 | Nasledniki · as Глава Администрации |
| 2007 | Priklyucheniya soldata Ivana Chonkina (TV Series) · as Голос За Кадром |
| 2006 | Master i Margarita · as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy |
| 2006 | Turkish gambit (TV Series) · as Artillery Major |
| 2005 | Okhota na Izyubrya (TV Series) · as Sokolskiy |
| 2005 | The Turkish Gambit · as Major |
| 2003 | Evropejskij Konvoj · as Генерал |
| 2003 | Zheleznodorozhnyy romans · as Petrovich |
| 2002 | Brigada (TV Series) · as Петр Чуйков |
| 2000 | Memories of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Von Bork |
| 1998 | The Barber of Siberia · as Vakhmistr Bukin |
| 1998 | Streets of Broken Lights (TV Series) · as Андрей Петрович Ершов, "дед" |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Starye pesni o glavnom 3 · as Жорж Милославский |
| 1997 | |
| 1995 | Shirli-myrli · as Usa Ambassador |
| 1995 | Lady Into Lassie · as Grigoriy Muromskiy |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Russkiy shchyot · as Иван Сидоров, Майор |
| 1994 | Russkoe chudo · as Сеня |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili Na Brayton-Bich opyat idut dozhdi · as Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1993 | Chuffyk · as The Black Grouse |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Gangstery v okeane · as Sobakin |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | Entrance to Labyrinth · as Oleg Khlebnikov |
| 1990 | Vkhod v Labirint (TV Series) · as Oleg Khlebnikov - Doktor Neyrofiziolog |
| 1990 | Ono · as Vasilisk Borodavkin |
| 1990 | Ocharovannyy strannik · as Priest |
| 1990 | Ispanskaya aktrisa dlya russkogo ministra · as Игорь Иванович Степанов |
| 1990 | Lestnitsa · as Дядя Миша |
| 1990 | Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya 'Kooperatsiya' · as Editor |
| 1989 | Nesrochnaya vesna · as Хозяин |
| 1988 | Prezumptsiya nevinovnosti · as Bondarev - Nachalnik Poezda |
| 1988 | Esperanza · as Stepan |
| 1988 | Energichnye lyudi · as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин |
| 1988 | Tskhovreba Don Kikhotisa da Sancho Panchosi (TV Series) · as Nicolas |
| 1988 | Karpusha · as Karpusha |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Shantazhist · as Федор Семенович |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Pervaya vstrecha - poslednyaya vstrecha · as Count |
| 1988 | Raz na raz ne prikhoditsya · as Fedor Romanov |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches (TV Series) · as Von Bork |
| 1987 | Levsha · as Император Александр Павлович |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Sitting on the Golden Porch · as Kороль Амфибрахий |
| 1986 | Pyat minut strakha · as Леонид Каретников (свидетель) |
| 1986 | Zmeelov · as Konstantin |
| 1985 | Samaya obayatelnaya i privlekatelnaya · as Pasha Dyatlov |
| 1985 | Iskrenne Vash · as Emtsov |
| 1985 | The Invisible Man · as Marvel |
| 1985 | Opasno dlya zhizni! · as Spartak Molodtsov |
| 1984 | TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (TV Series) · as Андрей Андреевич Зотов, Инженер-Корабел |
| 1984 | Mednyy angel · as Ларсен |
| 1983 | Vitya Glushakov, drug Apachey · as Arkady |
| 1983 | Demidovy · as Menshikov |
| 1983 | Jazzman · as Samsonov |
| 1983 | Ne bylo pechali · as Vadim Petrovich Potapov |
| 1983 | The Trust That Has Burst · as Ezra Plunkett |
| 1983 | The Trust That Burst (TV Series) · as Ezra Plunkett |
| 1983 | Beregite muzhchin! · as Vladimir Rodionov |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Ishchite zhenshchinu · as Henri Granden |
| 1983 | Mirgorod i ego obitateli · as Ivan Shponka |
| 1982 | Beshenye dengi · as Vasiliy |
| 1981 | Damy priglashayut kavalerov · as Sanya |
| 1981 | My, nizhepodpisavshiyesya · as Lyonya Shindin |
| 1980 | S lyubimymi ne rasstavaytes · as Валера |
| 1980 | Little Tragedies (TV Series) · as Адриан Прохоров/лепорелло |
| 1980 | Little Tragedies · as Адриан Прохоров/лепорелло |
| 1980 | Borrowing Matchsticks · as Peasant |
| 1980 | Glubokie rodstvenniki · as Толик |
| 1979 | The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed · as "smoked" |
| 1979 | The Meeting Place Cannot be Changed (TV Series) · as «копчёный» (вор-Чердачник Валентин Бисяев) |
| 1979 | Sueta suet · as Volodya |
| 1979 | Pena · as Валерий Солома, Аферист |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | Zhivite v radosti · as Митяй Пряжкин (дмитрий Петрович) |
| 1978 | Funny People · as Денис Григорьев |
| 1978 | Inkognito iz Peterburga · as Shpekin |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Po ulitsam komod vodili... · as Михаил (новелла «мы Едем, Едем, Едем...») |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | A Bargain for a Bargain · as Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin |
| 1977 | Mimino · as Professor Khachikyan |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | Poslednyaya zhertva · as Lavr Mironych |
| 1976 | Au-u! · as Пташук Геннадий Иванович («что Наша Жизнь?! Или Что Наша Жизнь?!») |
| 1976 | Povtornaya svadba · as Михайлов |
| 1975 | Cirkus v cirkuse · as Grisha |
| 1975 | Begstvo mistera Mak-Kinli · as Мистер Дроот |
| 1975 | It Can't Be! · as Vladimir Zavitushkin |
| 1975 | Afonya · as Борщов Афанасий Николаевич (афоня) |
| 1974 | Lev Gurych Sinichkin · as Князь Ветренский |
| 1974 | Kysh i Dvaportfelya · as Папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович |
| 1973 | Eta vesyolaya planeta · as Игрек - Член Экипажа Летающей Тарелки |
| 1973 | Neylon 100% · as Работник Скупки Веня Гурьянов |
| 1973 | Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession · as Жорж Милославский / Князь Милославский |
| 1973 | Robinson Crusoe · as Robinson |
| 1973 | Seventeen Moments of Spring (TV Series) · as Kurt Eismann - Ss Obersturmbannfuehrer |
| 1973 | Dvenadtsat mesyatsev · as Old Soldier |
| 1973 | Dr. Aibolit and the Barmaley Pirate · as Толстый |
| 1972 | Khod beloy korolevy · as Тюликов, Тренер Бабуриной |
| 1971 | Liberation: The Last Assault · as Chuikov's Signaler |
| 1971 | Liberation · as Officer At Reichschancellor |
| 1971 | Sem nevest efreytora Zbrueva · as Priest |
| 1971 | Molodye · as New Settler |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Karusel · as Nikolai Timofeyevich |
| 1970 | The Beginning · as Arkadiy |
| 1970 | Shine, Shine, My Star · as Red Comissar |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Dva dnya chudes · as Зав. Терапевическим Отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович |
| 1969 | Nepodsuden · as Sorokin |
| 1969 | Muzhskoy razgovor · as Alexey |
| 1968 | The Golden Calf · as Shura Balaganov |
| 1968 | Urok literatury · as Савелий Сидоров |
| 1967 | Viy · as Khoma Brutus |
| 1967 | Starshaya sestra · as Volodya |
| 1966 | Vash syn i brat · as Stepan |
| 1965 | Vremya, vperyod! · as Korneyev |
| 1964 | Zhivyot takoy paren · as Pashka |
| 1963 | Tretiy taym · as Lyonya Fokin |
| 1962 | Fitil (TV Series) |
| 1962 | When the Trees Were Tall · as Lenka |
| 1961 | Vodil poyezda mashinist · as Yasha |
| 1960 | Michman Panin · as Pyotr Kamushkin |
| 1959 | There Will Be No Leave Today · as Morozov |