Leonid Obolensky
Leonid Leonidovich Obolensky (21 January 1902 – 17 November 1991) was a Russian and Soviet actor. Leonid Obolensky was born into the family of the Soviet diplomat Leonid Leonidovich Obolensky (1873−1930) in Arzamas, he studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
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Leonid Obolensky
- Name
- Leonid Obolensky
- Born
- 21 January 1902
- Birthplace
- Arzamas, Russian Empire
- Died
- 17 November 1991
- Place of death
- Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, USSR
- Occupation
- actor
- Spouse
- Irina Obolenskaya
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Honours
- People's Artist of the RSFSR
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Leonid Leonidovich Obolensky (21 January 1902 – 17 November 1991) was a Russian and Soviet actor. Leonid Obolensky was born into the family of the Soviet diplomat Leonid Leonidovich Obolensky (1873−1930) in Arzamas, he studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
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• Name — Leonid Obolensky • Born — 21 January 1902 • Birthplace — Arzamas, Russian Empire • Died — 17 November 1991 • Place of death — Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, USSR • Occupation — actor • Years Active — 1919—1991 • Spouse — Irina Obolenskaya
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• On the Red Front (1920) as Red Army soldier • The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) as dandy • The Death Ray (1925) as Mayor Hard • St. Jorgen's Day (1930) as film director • A Very English Murder (1974) old lord Warbeck • Walnut Bread (1978) as Andrius's grandfather • The Casket of Maria Medici (1980) as Bertrand Marti • Faktas (1981) as Alexandre
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Leonid Obolensky died at Miass.
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- Vsevolod Pudovkin, Leonid Obolensky, Sergei Komarov and Vladimir Fogel: Preface to Kuleshov's Book The Art of Cinema, The Film Factory, 2012
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- “Leonid Obolensky”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Vsevolod Pudovkin, Leonid Obolensky, Sergei Komarov and Vladimir Fogel: Preface to Kuleshov's Book The Art of Cinema, The Film Factory, 2012Crossref registry
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