Yevgeny Leonov

Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was in many of the most famous Soviet movies. These include Gentlemen of Fortune, Mimino and Striped Trip. He has been called "one of Russia's best-loved actors".Death: Yevgeny Leonov. The Guardian (London). 23 February 1994. He also voiced many Soviet cartoon characters. This includes Vinny Pukh (Winnie-the-Pooh).

 Early life 
While growing up in Moscow, he wanted to be a pilot. His father worked in an airplane factory. During the Great Patriotic War, he and his whole family worked in a weapons making/airplane making factory.Russia Parts With a Comic Legend. John Freedman. The Moscow Times No. 392. 3 February 1994. After the war, he joined the Moscow Art Theatre school. There he studied under Mikhail Yanshin.

 Career 
In his first movie, Leonov was cast as an extra. He later became Georgiy Daneliya's regular. He was in all of Daneliya's features. These include Gentlemen of Fortune, Autumn Marathon, Mimino, Afonya and Kin-dza-dza!. He was seen for his tragic parts and his natural acting.

He won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for Daneliya's Autumn Marathon (1980). He performed over 200 roles and was the Russian cinema's best-known supporting actor.

In 1991 (or in 1988Леонов Евгений - Биография - Актеры советского и российского кино Евгений Леонов (Evgeniy Leonov) - биография - советские актёры - Кино-Театр.РУ Биография Евгения Леонова - РИА Новости, 02.09.2016 ), when touring in Germany, he had a heart attack. This put him into a coma for 10 days (or 16 days). His life was saved only after a big surgery.

Leonov died on 29 January 1994 on his way to the Lenkom Theatre to perform in The Prayer for the Dead (A Memorial Prayer). His death was announced in the auditorium. Following the announcement, the audience went to the church across the road and lit candles in mourning. Over half a million people went to his memorial service in the freezing cold of winter. He is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow near other major people of Russian culture.Sviridov buried in Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. Viktoria Dunayeva. TASS 9 January 1998.

 Filmography 

 Actor

Happy Flight (Счастливый рейс) (1949) as Firefighter (uncredited)
Sporting Honour (Спортивная честь) (1951) as Waiter (uncredited)
Submarine chaser (Морской охотник) (1954) as cook
Road (Дорога) (1955) as driver Pasha Yeskov
Criminal Case of Rumyantsev (Дело Румянцева) (1956) as driver Mikhail Snegiryov
A Unique Spring (Неповторимая весна) (1957) as Alexey Koshelev
The street is full of surprises (Улица полна неожиданностей) (1958) as Yevgeniy Pavlovich Serdyukov
Difficult happiness (Трудное счастье) (1958) as Agathon
Tale of newlyweds (Повесть о молодожёнах) (1959) as Fedor
Ne imey 100 rubley... (Не имей сто рублей...) (1959) as Ivan S. Mukhin
Povest o molodozhyonakh (1960) as Fedya
Artwork (Произведение искусства) (196, Short) as Sasha Smirnov
Snow tale (Снежная сказка) (1959) as Old Year
Striped Trip (Полосатый рейс) (1961) as Gleb Shuleykin
Cheremushki (Черёмушки) (1962) as Barabashkin
Serf actress (Крепостная актриса) (1963) as Count Ivan P. Kutaisov
Short humoresques (Короткие истории) (1963, TV Movie) as client
Don Tale (Донская повесть) (1964) as Yakov Shibalok
Thirty Three (Тридцать три) (1965) as Ivan S. Travkin
Nad nami Yuzhnyy Krest (1965) as Disabled-seller in the market
The Snow Queen (Снежная королева) (1967) as King Erik XXIX
Parviyat kurier (1968) as Kritski
Illusionist (Фокусник) (1968) as Stepan Nikolaevich Rossomakhin
Do not be sad (Не горюй!) (1968) as soldier Yegor Zaletayev
Zigzag udachi (Зигзаг удачи) (1968) as photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov
Literature lesson (Урок литературы) (1968) as Pavel Vronsky, Nina's father
Virineya (Виринея) (1969) as Michael
Carrousel (Карусель) (1969, TV Series) as Ivan I. Nyukhin (voice)
Tchaikovsky (Чайковский) (1970) as Alyosha
Shine, shine, my star (Гори, гори, моя звезда) (1970) as Pasha, the master illusion
Between high spikes (Меж высоких хлебов) (1970) as Pavlo Struchok
Belorussian Station (Белорусский вокзал) (1971) as Ivan Prikhodko
Gentlemen of Fortune (Джентльмены удачи) (1971) as Yevgeny Ivanovich Troshkin / Dotsent
As Ilf and Petrov rode a tram (Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров) (1972) as Vitaly Kapitulov
Big School-Break (Большая перемена) (1972, TV Mini-Series) as Lednyov
Racers (Гонщики) (1973) as Ivan M. Kukushkin
Hopelessly Lost (Совсем пропащий) (1973) as rogue nicknamed "The King"
Under a stone sky (Под каменным небом) (1974) as Senior lieutenant Kravtsov
Bonus (Премия) (1974) as Vasily T. Potapov
Afonya (Афоня) (1975) as Kolya
Circus in the Circus (Соло для слона с оркестром) (1975) as circus director Ivanov
Step towards (Шаг навстречу) (1976) as Serafim Nikitich
The Elder Son (Старший сын) (1976, TV Movie) as Andrei Grigorievich Sarafanov
Legend about Till Eulenspiegel (Легенда о Тиле) (1977) as Lamme Goedzak
Long criminal case (Длинное, длинное дело) (1977) as Mikhail P. Luzhin
Mimino (Мимино) (1977) as Volokhov
Funny people! (Смешные люди!) (1977) as chorister Aleksei Alekseyevich
Marriage (Женитьба) (1978) as Baltazar Baltazarovich Zhevakin
Chaperon (Дуэнья) (1978, TV Movie) as Don Izokelyo Mendoso
An Ordinary Miracle (Обыкновенное чудо) (1978, TV Movie) as King
And it's all about him (И это всё о нём) (1978) as Police Captain Aleksandr M. Prokhorov
Autumn Marathon (Осенний марафон) (1979) as Vasily Ignatyevich Kharitonov, sosed Buzykina
Faithfully (Верой и правдой) (1979) as Evgeny S. Bannikov
Holidays in September (Отпуск в сентябре) (1979, TV Movie) as Vladimir Andreevich Kushak
Borrowing Matchsticks (За спичками) (1980) as Antti Ihalainen
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (О бедном гусаре замолвите слово) (1981, TV Movie) as provincial actor Afanasy P. Bubentsov
The House that Swift Built (Дом, который построил Свифт) (1982, TV Movie) as giant Glyum
Tears Were Falling (Слёзы капали) (1983) as Pavel Ivanovich Vasin
Unique (Уникум) (1983) as director
Time and the Conways (Время и семья Конвей) (1984) as Alan Conway, twenty years later
Kin-dza-dza! (Кин-дза-дза!) (1986) as Wef the Chatlanian, a wandering singer
To Kill a Dragon (Убить Дракона) (1988) as burgomaster
Passport (Паспорт) (1990) as official of Soviet Embassy in Austria
Detective bureau "Felix" (Детективное агентство "Феликс") (1993) as uncle Vanya
Amerikanskiy dedushka (Американский дедушка) (1993) as Gogolev
Nastya (Настя) (1993) as Yakov Alekseyevich

 Voice actor

 Winnie-the-Pooh
 Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit
 Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day
 Vasilisa the Beautiful
 The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin
 Welcome
 Laughter and Grief by the White Sea

 References 

 Other websites 


 Website about Leonov

Category:1926 births
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Category:Russian movie actors
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Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin