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Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Birthday: 1895-03-21 | Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1934
Jolly Fellows

as    Костя Потехин (Kostya Potekhin)