Leonid Utyosov

Leonid Utyosov

Known for
Acting
Born
March 21, 1895
Died
March 9, 1982 (aged 86)
Birthplace
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.

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