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Name
  
Leonid Leonidov

Role
  
Actor

Movies
  
Marionettes


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Full Name
  
Leonid Mironovich Leonidov

Born
  
3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1873
Odessa, Russian Empire

Occupation
  
Actor, Theatre director, Pedagogue

Died
  
August 6, 1941, Moscow, Russia

Leonid Mironovich Leonidov (Russian: Леонид Миронович Леонидов, 3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1873 – 6 August 1941) was a Russian actor and stage director.

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Biography

Born in a Jewish family in Odessa (his real last name was Volfenzon, Russian: Вольфензон), he worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1903. His roles included Dmitri Karamazov, Othello, Lopakhin. In 1920s and 1930s he also appeared in several films. Konstantin Stanislavski called him "the only Russian tragic actor." Leonidov was honored with People's Artist of the USSR in 1936.

Selected filmography

  • His Excellency (1928)
  • Marionettes (1934)
  • Gobseck (1937) .... Gobseck
  • Seeds of Freedom (1929)
  • V gorod vkhodit nelzya (1928)
  • The Wings of a Serf (1926) - Tsar Ivan the Terrible
  • The Iron Heel (1919)
  • Peter and Alexis (1919)
  • Bread (1918)

    • References

    Leonid Leonidov Wikipedia
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