
Leonid Utyosov
Acting
Born: March 21, 1895
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.
Also Known As
- Леонид Утесов
- Леонид Утёсов
Known For

Jolly Fellows
December 09, 1934

The Career of Spirka Shpandyr
November 08, 1926

Variety Stars
July 19, 1954

Memories of the "Cow March"
April 02, 1991

How It Was Done in Odesa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!
January 10, 1991

Concert on the Screen
January 01, 1940

Мелодии Дунаевского
December 30, 1963

Old Record
January 09, 1982

I Am Returning Your Portrait
January 01, 1983

Concert for the Front
November 06, 1942

Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
February 02, 1976

The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt
July 05, 1917