Actor's biography: Leonov Eugene

It seemed that this actor because of his appearancedoomed to play only comic roles. Chubby, full, short - he with all his appearance embodied one continuous good nature. But deep sincerity and inner strength helped him to become a cult actor. Otherwise, his acting biography might have been completely different. Leonov Eugene, namely, he is talking about - a native Muscovite, he was born in September 1926. His father worked at the aircraft factory as an engineer, and his mother was an ordinary attendant. They lived in a communal apartment on Vasilyevskaya Street, occupied two small rooms there.

Actor's biography: Leonov Evgeny. What dreamed

Becoming an actor was his cherished dream.While still in fifth grade, he joined the drama club of his school. But the war began, and Eugene went to work at his father's factory, where he was a student of a turner. Later he entered the aviation technical school, but even there his enthusiasm is reduced to the performing arts. As you can see, he was destined only an acting biography. Leonov Evgeny takes the most active part in student amateur art activities. Being in the third year, he still enters the Moscow drama school, and her courses are successfully completed in 1947.

Actor's biography: Evgeny Leonov begins his creative activity

His first theater was the drama theater.Stanislavsky (once it was the Moscow Theater of the Dzerzhinsky District). In it, he worked for 20 years. It is clear that at first he was given only minor roles, and he began to earn money in movies, acting in crowd scenes. Leonov played his first cameo in the comedy “Happy Flight”, it was in 1949. And only after 6 years, his first notable roles appeared - and these were not comedies at all, but two real detective stories: “The Rumyantsev Case” and “The Road”.

Evgeny Leonov: biography of success

Being on tour in Sverdlovsk, EvgenyHe met Wanda Stoilova, who was then a student at a music school. They were married in 1957, and two years later they had a son, Andrei. Almost at the same time, his acting career began to grow rapidly.

Universal love brought him the role of the barman incomedy "Striped flight." And in the film "Don Tale" revealed his dramatic talent. Still, the following roles were associated with the comedy: "Thirty-three", "Zigzag of luck" and "Gentlemen of luck." Cartoon characters began to speak in his voice. What is it worth everyone's favorite Winnie the Pooh! In the 70s accounted for the lion's share of pictures taken with the actor. The most famous of them are “The Eldest Son”, “Afonya”, “Belorussky Railway Station”, “Ordinary Miracle” and the beloved hero from the “Autumn Marathon”. In 1978 he received the title of People's Artist of the USSR.

In the 80s, the film career of Leonov markedly went onrecession, most likely, affected fatigue and deterioration of health. Still, in 1986, he played in the comedy "Kin-Dza-Dza". Two years later, on tour in Germany, he had a massive heart attack, the actor experienced a real “clinical death” and underwent surgery. But after 4 months he returned to work in the theater. His latest film work was the film “American Grandfather” - it was in 1993. In January 1994, the actor Yevgeny Leonov passed away. The biography of a good-natured, cheerful, and popular pet ended there. The artist was buried in his native Moscow at the Novodevichy Cemetery.