Leonid Utyosov
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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Acted in
Memories of the "Cow March"
1991
as (archive footage)
How It Was Done in Odessa... or Odessans of All Countries, Unite!
1991
as archiveFootage
I Am Returning Your Portrait
1983
as himself (archive)
Old Record
1982
as Archive voice footage
Pyotr Martynovich And The Years Of Great Life
1976
as Himself
Мелодии Дунаевского
1963
Variety Stars
1954
Concert for the Front
1942
as Self
Концерт на экране
1940
Jolly Fellows
1934
as Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)
The Career of Spirka Shpandyr
1926
The Life and Death of Lieutenant Schmidt
1917
as Zarudniy