Birthday: 1895-03-21
Place of Birth: Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire
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.
Film-Concert. The program includes scenes from plays, ballets, and operas; folk songs and romances; ...
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The film uses fragments of feature films and materials of the Gosfilmofond of the Russian Federation...
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Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd K...
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Spirka Spandyr, a petty crook and swindler, escapes from the Soviet Union after serving his sentence...
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Aliens get acquainted with the music of earthlings by taking with them a box of Leonid Utyosov's rec...
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Funny and entertaining story about the history of the film "Funny guys"by G. Alexandrov....
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Local comic duo from the Ukraine reach for the "big time" by entering a talent contest for the Mosco...
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A concert movie dedicated to the formation of the World Club of Odesa under the leadership of Mikhai...
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A musical film dedicated to the soldiers fighting at the front line....
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A semi-documentary biography film about the life and work of Soviet film actor Pyotr Aleynikov. Incl...
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There was no Soviet actor who could claim a greater popularity than Raikin. He was allowed the impos...
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