Leonid Utyosov

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    March 21, 1895

    Day of Death

    March 9, 1982 (86 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

    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.

    Known For

    • Jolly Fellows

      Jolly Fellows

      1934

    • The Career of Spirka Shpandyr

      The Career of Spirka Shpandyr

      1926

    • Variety Stars

      Variety Stars

      1954

    • Memories of the "Cow March"

      Memories of the "Cow March"

      1991

    • How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!

      How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!

      1991

    • Concert on the Screen

      Concert on the Screen

      1940

    • Мелодии Дунаевского

      Мелодии Дунаевского

      1963

    • Old Record

      Old Record

      1982

    • I Am Returning Your Portrait

      I Am Returning Your Portrait

      1983

    • Concert for the Front

      Concert for the Front

      1942

    • Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

      Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life

      1976

    • The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt

      The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt

      1917

    • Arkadiy Raykin

      Arkadiy Raykin

      1975