Leonid Utyosov

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.

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I Am Returning Your Portrait

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Concert for the Front

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1991	(archive footage)	Memories of the "Cow March" 1991-04-02 Movie
	archiveFootage	Как это делалось в Одессе... или одесситы всех стран, соединяйтесь! 1991-01-10 Movie
1983	himself (archive)	I Am Returning Your Portrait 1983-01-01 Movie
1963	N/A	Мелодии Дунаевского 1963-12-30 Movie
1954	N/A	Variety Stars 1954-07-19 Movie
1942	Self	Concert for the Front 1942-11-06 Movie
1940	N/A	Концерт на экране 1940-01-01 Movie
1934	Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)	Jolly Fellows 1934-12-09 Movie
1926	N/A	Karyera Spirki Shpandyrya 1926-11-08 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv