Leonid Utyosov

Acting

Born 1895-03-21 · died 1982-03-09 · Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

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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

Arkadiy RaykinConcert for the FrontThe Life and Death of Lieutenant SchmidtHow It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great LifeConcert on the ScreenMemories of the "Cow March"Variety StarsJolly FellowsМелодии Дунаевского