Person file · Acting
Leonid Utyosov
Born 1895-03-21Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Memories of the "Cow March"(archive footage)How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!archiveFootageI Am Returning Your Portraithimself (archive)Old RecordArchive voice footagePyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great LifeHimselfArkadiy RaykinSelfМелодии ДунаевскогоRoleVariety StarsRoleConcert for the FrontSelfConcert on the ScreenRoleJolly FellowsKostya PotekhinThe Career of Spirka ShpandyrSpirka ShpandyrЧужиеRed soldier EgorovThe Life and Death of Lieutenant SchmidtZarudniy