Leonid Utyosov

Born: 1895-03-21

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.


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Jolly Fellows

as Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Released: 1934-12-09

Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s....

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I Am Returning Your Portrait

as himself (archive)
Released: 1983-01-01

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Variety Stars

as uncredited
Released: 1954-07-19

Local comic duo from the Ukraine reach for the "big time" by entering a talent contest for the...

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Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

as Himself
Released: 1976-02-02

A semi-documentary biography film about the life and work of Soviet film actor Pyotr Aleynikov....

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Мелодии Дунаевского

as uncredited
Released: 1963-12-30

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Memories of the "Cow March"

as (archive footage)
Released: 1991-04-02

Funny and entertaining story about the history of the film "Funny guys"by G. Alexandrov.

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Концерт на экране

as uncredited
Released: 1940-01-01

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The Career of Spirka Shpandyr

as uncredited
Released: 1926-11-08

The career of Spirka Shpandyr, a master pickpocket!

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Old Record

as Archive voice footage
Released: 1982-01-09

Aliens get acquainted with the music of earthlings by taking with them a box of Leonid Utyosov's...

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Concert for the Front

as Self
Released: 1942-11-06

A musical film dedicated to the soldiers fighting at the front line.

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The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt

as Zarudniy
Released: 1917-07-05

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