Leonid Utyosov

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

14

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-03-21

Day of death

1982-03-09 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Leonid Utyosov

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

  • How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!

    How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!

  • The Career of Spirka Shpandyr

    The Career of Spirka Shpandyr

  • Concert for the Front

    Concert for the Front

  • Memories of the "Cow March"

    Memories of the "Cow March"

  • Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

    Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

  • Arkadiy Raykin

    Arkadiy Raykin

  • I Am Returning Your Portrait

    I Am Returning Your Portrait

  • Variety Stars

    Variety Stars

  • Jolly Fellows

    Jolly Fellows

  • Мелодии Дунаевского

    Мелодии Дунаевского

  • Concert on the Screen

    Concert on the Screen

  • Old Record

    Old Record

  • Чужие

    Чужие

  • The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt

    The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt