Leonid Utyosov (real name - Lazar Vasbeyn) was born March 21, 1895 in Odessa. At fifteen, he perfectly played several musical instruments, sang well, loved sports and the circus. For his daring escapade was expelled from the commercial school, and in 1911 he began his artistic career - began to act in the show Borodanova. In 1912, novice artist, invited in Odessa comedy-farce theater Basil Skavronsky, who invited him to take a pseudonym. It appeared
Leonid Utesov. He worked in the theater of miniatures, acted as a reader on the stage, playing in theaters operetta various provincial cities. Having survived the civil war in Ukraine,
Leonid Utesov moved with his family, first in Moscow and then in Petrograd, where he played at the Free Theater. In 1923 came the first film with the participation of
Leonid Utesov - "Trading House" Entente and K. In 1929 he organized and headed the theatrical jazz ( "Tea-Jazz"), who later became the National pops orchestra RSFSR. For the first performance of the team had a resounding success, and soon the "Tea-Jazz" gained enormous popularity. But in film
Leonid Utesov famous role Potekhina bones, which he sang in the musical film Grigori Aleksandrov's "Jolly Fellows". Tape reached the screens of the country in 1934 and immediately fell in love with the audience. During the Great Patriotic War,
Leonid Utesov together with his orchestra made many appearances on the front, . for they collected funds were built three aircraft, . transferred to the Air Force combat units, . and the song "Teddy Bear from Odessa" by the actor was one of the most popular on the front,
. After the war,
Leonid Utesov continued its concert activity, but the movie was filmed almost. He died March 9, 1982 in Moscow.
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