Biography
Leonid Vasilyevich Markov (Russian: Леонид Васильевич Марков; 13 December 1927 – 1 March 1991) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1985). Markov was born in the village Alekseyevka (now Akkol). In the years 1931-1934, he played children's roles in the Saratov Drama Theater, where his father, actor Vasily Demyanovich Markov, worked.In 1945, Leonid, together with his older sister, Rimma Markova, entered the studio of the Vologda Drama Theatre, where he studied until 1947.
At the end of the studio in 1951, Markov was admitted to the troupe of Lenin Komsomol, the scene of which debuted in 1947 as Nekhoda in the play The Honor of His Youth. Markov played Yasha and later Petya Trofimov in The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, Petrushin in The Living Corpse by Leo Tolstoy, and a number of other roles of the classical and contemporary repertoire.
In 1960, Markov moved to the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre, where, in particular, he played Timofey in Virgin Soil Upturned by Mikhail Sholokhov.
From 1966 to 1986 Markov served in the Moscow City Council Theatre, where he played a number of memorable roles, including Arbenin in Lermontov's Masquerade, Zvyagintsev in a dramatization of the novel Sholokhov's They Fought for Their Country; and Porfiry Petrovich in Petersburg Dreams (based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment). After a brief stint in 1986–1987 at the Maly Theater, where he played Antipas in the Maxim Gorky play The Zykovs, Markov returned to the Moscow City Council Theatre.
Markov died in Moscow from stomach cancer, and was buried on the main avenue of the Kuzminskoye Cemetery.
Filmography
all 45
Movies 43
TV Shows 2
Director 1
Defeat (1987)
Dear Edison! (1986)
Snake Catcher (1986)
Наследство (1985)
Kindergarten (1984)
Право на выбор (1984)
The Black Castle Olshansky (1984)
Anna Pavlova (1983)
Семь часов до гибели (1983)
Treasure Island (1982)
Mother Mary (1982)
Urgent... Secret... CheKa (1982)
Never Guessed and Didn't Expect (1982)
Vladivostok, Year 1918 (1982)
Солнечный ветер (1982)
I'm Staying with You (1981)
The Black Triangle (1981)
Horses Aren't Changed at the Crossing (1980)
Flight with the Astronaut (1980)
Today and Tomorrow (1980)
The Garage (1979)
The Hijacking of 'Savoy' (1979)
Верой и правдой (1979)
Unanswered Love (1979)
Players (1978)
My Tender and Affectionate Beast (1978)
И это всё о нём (1978)
И это все о нем (1978)
Debt (1977)
Our Debts (1977)
Схватка в пурге (1977)
The Red and the Black (1976)
Peasant Son (1975)
At Eighteen Boyish Years (1974)
The Russian Field (1972)
You and Me (1971)
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1971)
Revolt (1968)
425 Calls (1967)
Двое, которые помнили (1967)
Night Without Mercy (1962)
Spring, Flowers and, of course... Love (1961)
Жизнь прошла мимо (1959)
The Wind (1959)
Mother (1956)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-12-13
Deathday1991-03-02 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceAkkol, Russian Empire
CitizenshipsSoviet Union
Also Known AsLeonid Markov, Леонид Марков
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, USSR State Prize
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