Biography
Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor. Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During World War II Leskin was employed as a sapper at the front and was wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals.In 1952 he graduated from the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute (Leonid Makaryev course). From 1951 to 1980 he worked as an actor in the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.In 1980 he began his career in the United States as a theater actor in New York City. He was included on the nomination committee for Academy Awards. In 2011 director Eduard Staroselsky made a documentary about him: Bob Has Been Removed. Minesweeper Bolshoi Drama (with Sergei Yursky). Leskin died on 21 February 2020.
Filmography
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Movies 33
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Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
World War Three (1998)
A Couch in New York (1996)
Cadillac Man (1990)
The Package (1989)
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
The Only One (1976)
The Strogovs (1976)
Memory (1975)
Царевич Проша (1974)
31st Dept. (1972)
Dead Souls (1969)
Vanya, How are You Here? (1969)
A Very Old Story (1968)
Way Home (1967)
12 Chairs (1966)
First Visitor (1966)
Рембрандт (1963)
Зима тревоги нашей (1963)
The Soul Calls (1962)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-01-05
Deathday2020-02-21 (97 years old)
Birth PlaceChişinău, Bessarabia, Romania
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, United States of America
Also Known AsБорис Лескин, Boris Lyoskin, Борис Лёскин
AwardsOrder of the Red Star
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