Leonid Utyosov
Actor
March 21, 1895 — March 9, 1982 (86 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1991 | Kak eto delalos v Odesse... ili Odessity vsekh stran, soedinyaites! · as Archivefootage |
| 1982 | The Old Record · as Archive Voice Footage |
| 1980 | Komediya davno minuvshikh dney · as Cast |
| 1974 | Vylet zaderzhivayetsya · as Cast |
| 1934 | Moscow Laughs · as Kostya PotekhinOn Plex |