Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Nascimento : 1895-03-21, Odessa, Odessa uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire

Morte : 1982-03-09

História

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.

Perfil

Leonid Utyosov
Leonid Utyosov

Filmes

Memories of the
(archive footage)
Funny and entertaining story about the history of the film "Funny guys"by G. Alexandrov.
Как это делалось в Одессе... или одесситы всех стран, соединяйтесь!
archiveFootage
I Am Returning Your Portrait
himself (archive)
Мелодии Дунаевского
Variety Stars
Local comic duo from the Ukraine reach for the "big time" by entering a talent contest for the Moscow vaudeville circuit, must overcome the interference of an established, competition-shy duo who are helping judge the contest.
Concert for the Front
Self
A musical film dedicated to the soldiers fighting at the front line.
Концерт на экране
Jolly Fellows
Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
Merry Fellows was the first Soviet musical comedy. Set in Odessa and Moscow in the 1930s. Shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Utyosov) is mistaken for an international concert star. He falls in love with Anyuta (Orlova) and plays the "star" for her. In a cascade of comic musical numbers he becomes the leader of a Jazz-Band and gives a hilarious show at the Odessa Music Hall. Now he is destined to perform at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Karyera Spirki Shpandyrya
The career of Spirka Shpandyr, a master pickpocket!