One of the most popular leading Russia - Leonid Yakubovich. The biography of the actor and showman is full of different events. The article summarizes his life story and interesting facts.
At dawn
Little Lenya was born on July 31, 45 in Moscow. His father, Arkady Yakubovich, was the head of the design bureau. Mother, Rimma Schenker, worked as a gynecologist.
The boy received a strict upbringing. The father did not even check the diary, believing that studying was a personal matter of his son. Lenya didn’t drive with yard hooligans, he studied well, he treated his parents with respect.
Несмотря на примерное поведение, его в 8-м классе expelled from school ... for absenteeism. In fact, Leonid Yakubovich with a friend went to work in Siberia. Here he worked in the post "bait". He sat in his underpants, smeared with anti-mosquito creams, in the woods on a stump and wrote down in a notebook when and in what place the mosquito bit him. So scientists on volunteers tested the effectiveness of creams against mosquitoes.
The unlucky student finally graduated from night school. Before him stood the choice of a profession.
Which way to choose?
Back in 6th grade, Leonid Yakubovich, biographywhich is described in the article, developed acting skills. He played the role of a jester in the school play "The Twelfth Night" and it was then that he realized that his vocation was film and television. Therefore, immediately after school, Leonid Yakubovich entered immediately in 3 metropolitan theater universities.
Parents thought it was frivolous."It will be a whim," they were sure. The father put the young man before the fact: he should get a real profession, and only after that go to the theater. Therefore, the young man entered the Institute of Electrical Engineering. But nature took over, and he began to play in the Student Theater of miniatures.
Later, the hero of the article was transferred to the IISS them. Kuibyshev. The reason is not the best quality of education, but an excellent KVN team, in which Lenya began to participate.
Together with the team he traveled a lot around the country. In one of his trips, he met Galina, a soloist of the “City Citizens”. The young people got married, and in 1973 the couple had a son, Artem.
It is known that this was the second attempt to establish family life. Leonid Yakubovich's first wife, Raya, a vocational school student, broke his heart with a group mate.
After graduation, Lenya worked at the plant, but in 1980 he finally chose creativity to be his destiny.
Creative flight
Leonid Yakubovich tried to write inthe student body. In 1980 he was admitted to the trade union committee of Moscow playwrights. To date, more than 300 works have come from his pen. He wrote for entertainers - Vinokur, Petrosyan, Vaynarovsky and other stars. He was the author of the popular TV programs "Wider Circle", "We need victory as air is necessary", "Land attraction", "Parade of parodists", "From Olympus to Luzhniki", "Stitches-tracks", "Foothold", children's humor magazine " Jumble "and many others loved by the viewer.
His famous plays - "Tutti", "Ku-ku, man","Haunted Hotel". In 1988 he wrote a successful script for the first Moscow beauty contest. Took part in the creation of the program "Guess-ka".
When glory came
Today, almost every resident of Russia and neighboring countries knows who Leonid Yakubovich is. Field of Miracles is a television show that brought him fame and popular love.
The artist was invited to this program in 1991.Since then, he has been her permanent leader for almost a quarter of a century. The program has the highest ratings over the years. Such vitality, coupled with incredible popularity - a unique record on television.
Presenter Yakubovich brought to the TV show Field of Miracles,which is an analogue of the American "Wheel of Fortune", such new items as a black box, two boxes, a museum program. The last innovation appeared because almost all the participants wanted to give gifts to their beloved master. Culinary presents were immediately eaten up by the film crew and artists, while Leonid Yakubovich came up with other gifts, such as a fire costume or a painting by a local artist, in a special museum.
In addition to the "Field of Wonders" the artist was leading suchprograms like "Analyzes of the Week", "Wheel of History", "Dikanka", "Weak Link", "Washing for a Million", "Last 24 Hours", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". Since 2000 is a member of the Higher League of KVN.
Since 1980, has starred in almost 30 films and even in several commercials.
Yakubovich has many awards and titles.
Personal life
The third wife of Leonid Yakubovich - Marina - workedwith him in the TV "VID". She is younger than the hero of the article by 18 years. In 1998, their daughter Varvara was born, and after only 2 years Yakubovich became a grandfather. Granddaughter Sofia was presented to him by the wife of his eldest son Artem from his second marriage.
Ex-wife Galina in an interview said that withthey do not maintain a relationship with their ex-husband. She also complained that Leonid’s father was not very caring. In addition to employment at work, he always had a lot of friends, professionally engaged in aviation, collected reference books and coins, was fond of billiards, alpine skiing, preference. He went sailing, jumped with a parachute, sailed on a submarine, got the thrill of water-skiing, took part in auto racing on an African safari. He's great at cooking. So many things to do! When was the son engaged?
In his new family, Yakubovich also established interesting rules: he lives in a Moscow apartment, and his wife and daughter - in a country house. And no one bothers anyone ...
