Boris Leskin | |
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Борис Вульфович Лёскин | |
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Born | Boris Vulfovich Leskin 5 January 1923 [1] |
Died | 21 February 2020 New York City, U.S. | (aged 97)
Other names | Boris Lyoskin |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1953–2009 |
Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.
Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During World War II Leskin was employed as a sapper at the front and was wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals. [2] [3]
In 1952 he graduated from the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute (Leonid Makaryev course). From 1951 to 1980 he worked as an actor in the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. [4]
In 1980 he began his career in the United States as a theater actor in New York City. He was included on the nomination committee for Academy Awards. [2] In 2011 director Eduard Staroselsky made a documentary about him: Bob Has Been Removed. Minesweeper Bolshoi Drama (with Sergei Yursky). [5] Leskin died on 21 February 2020. [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1953 | Lyubov Yarovaya | orchestra conductor | uncredited |
1954 | Did We Meet Somewhere Before | viewer | |
1955 | Unfinished Story | malingerer | |
1955 | Footprints in the Snow | Vasin | |
1956 | Maksim Perepelitsa | Mikola | |
1957 | Storm | Savandeyev | |
1957 | At the Turning Рoint | Dimka | |
1961 | Dostigaev and others | Zybin | TV Movie |
1963 | Two Sundays | Grisha | |
1965 | Going Inside a Storm | pilot | |
1966 | First Visitor | official | |
1966 | 12 chairs | auctioneer | TV Movie |
1966 | Three Fat Men | courtier | uncredited |
1966 | The Republic of ShKID | policeman | |
1967 | Wedding in Malinovka | bandit | uncredited |
1968 | Intervention | entrepreneur | |
1969 | The Truth! Nothing But the Truth! | Breshko-Breshkovskaya's teammate | uncredited |
1972 | Property of the Republic | episode | |
1972 | Boba and elephant | circus administrator | |
1974 | A+ for the Summer | bus driver | |
1974 | Tsarevich Prosha | Duke Derdidas' guard | |
1975 | Diary of a School Director | Olya's father | |
1976 | The Only One | visitor | |
1976 | Heavenly Swallows | Gustav Christo | |
1977 | An Almost Funny Story | bag and suitcase repairman | TV Movie |
1978 | Khanuma | prince's friend | TV Movie |
1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Mikhael | |
1988 | The House on Carroll Street | Hürwitz | |
1988 | Vampire's Kiss | Fantasy Cabbie | |
1989 | The Package | Soviet Foreign Minister | |
1990 | Cadillac Man | soviet husband | |
1992 | Black and White | episode | |
1993 | The Nick of Time | Shmonkin | |
1996 | A Couch in New York | cab driver #1 | |
1997 | Men in Black | cook | [10] |
1998 | World War III | Yuri Rubanov | TV Movie |
2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | grandfather | |
2009 | Cold Souls | donor | (final film role) |
Boris Leskin | |
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Борис Вульфович Лёскин | |
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Born | Boris Vulfovich Leskin 5 January 1923 [1] |
Died | 21 February 2020 New York City, U.S. | (aged 97)
Other names | Boris Lyoskin |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1953–2009 |
Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.
Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During World War II Leskin was employed as a sapper at the front and was wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals. [2] [3]
In 1952 he graduated from the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute (Leonid Makaryev course). From 1951 to 1980 he worked as an actor in the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. [4]
In 1980 he began his career in the United States as a theater actor in New York City. He was included on the nomination committee for Academy Awards. [2] In 2011 director Eduard Staroselsky made a documentary about him: Bob Has Been Removed. Minesweeper Bolshoi Drama (with Sergei Yursky). [5] Leskin died on 21 February 2020. [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1953 | Lyubov Yarovaya | orchestra conductor | uncredited |
1954 | Did We Meet Somewhere Before | viewer | |
1955 | Unfinished Story | malingerer | |
1955 | Footprints in the Snow | Vasin | |
1956 | Maksim Perepelitsa | Mikola | |
1957 | Storm | Savandeyev | |
1957 | At the Turning Рoint | Dimka | |
1961 | Dostigaev and others | Zybin | TV Movie |
1963 | Two Sundays | Grisha | |
1965 | Going Inside a Storm | pilot | |
1966 | First Visitor | official | |
1966 | 12 chairs | auctioneer | TV Movie |
1966 | Three Fat Men | courtier | uncredited |
1966 | The Republic of ShKID | policeman | |
1967 | Wedding in Malinovka | bandit | uncredited |
1968 | Intervention | entrepreneur | |
1969 | The Truth! Nothing But the Truth! | Breshko-Breshkovskaya's teammate | uncredited |
1972 | Property of the Republic | episode | |
1972 | Boba and elephant | circus administrator | |
1974 | A+ for the Summer | bus driver | |
1974 | Tsarevich Prosha | Duke Derdidas' guard | |
1975 | Diary of a School Director | Olya's father | |
1976 | The Only One | visitor | |
1976 | Heavenly Swallows | Gustav Christo | |
1977 | An Almost Funny Story | bag and suitcase repairman | TV Movie |
1978 | Khanuma | prince's friend | TV Movie |
1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Mikhael | |
1988 | The House on Carroll Street | Hürwitz | |
1988 | Vampire's Kiss | Fantasy Cabbie | |
1989 | The Package | Soviet Foreign Minister | |
1990 | Cadillac Man | soviet husband | |
1992 | Black and White | episode | |
1993 | The Nick of Time | Shmonkin | |
1996 | A Couch in New York | cab driver #1 | |
1997 | Men in Black | cook | [10] |
1998 | World War III | Yuri Rubanov | TV Movie |
2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | grandfather | |
2009 | Cold Souls | donor | (final film role) |