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.

Born:

Mar 21, 1895 In Odessa, Odessa uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire

Movie/TV Credits:

9

First Appeared:

In the movie The Career of Spirka Shpandyr 1926-11-08

Latest Project:

Movie Memories of the "Cow March" 1991-04-02