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Leonid Utyosov

Acting

Leonid Utyosov

RU cinema · 15 credits

Born

21 March 1895

Died

9 March 1982 (aged 86)

Birthplace

Odessa, Odesskiy uyezd, Khersonskaya guberniya, Russian Empire

Also known as Леонид Утесов · Л. Утесов · Л. Утёсов

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.

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