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.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
self 4
(archive footage)
Memories of the "Cow March" (1991)
Movie
himself (archive)
I Am Returning Your Portrait (1983)
Movie
Songs Performer
Old Record (1982)
Movie
Self (Singer)
Variety Stars (1954)
Movie
Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Jolly Fellows (1934)
Movie
Spirka Shpandyr - pickpocket
The Career of Spirka Shpandyr (1926)
Movie
Gallery
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1895-03-21
Deathday1982-03-09 (86 years old)
Birth NameLazar Weissbein
Birth PlaceOdesa, Ukraine
ChildrenEdit Utesova
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsЛеонид Утесов, Леонид Утёсов
AwardsMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the October Revolution, Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, People's Artist of the USSR, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR
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