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Leonid Utyosov

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Leonid Utyosov

Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire · Born March 21st, 1895

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.

Films
10
Popularity
0
Active since
1917
Top genre
Comedy

Filmography

Appearances & behind the scenes (5)

Interviews, tributes and making-of features where Leonid Utyosov appears as themselves rather than as cast or crew.