Leonid Kuravlyov
1936-10-08 ( 88 years old ) in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow. In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin. The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975). In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others. During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movies

All That Jam 2016-10-24
The Book of Masters 2009-10-29
The Heirs 2008-06-01
The Turkish Gambit 2005-02-22
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga 2004-12-31
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun 2004-12-31
Railway Romance 2003-12-12
Evropejskij Konvoj 2003-06-06
Esli Nevesta Vedma 2002-06-06
The Love Arrow 2002-01-01
Ultimatum 1999-01-01
The Barber of Siberia 1998-11-11
The Stringer 1998-01-01
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3 1998-01-01
New Year's Story 1997-12-01
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2 1997-01-01
The Night Before Christmas 1997-01-01
A Man for a Young Girl 1996-07-03
Lady Into Lassie 1995-05-26
What a Mess! 1995-03-30
Russian Account 1994-12-01
Simple - Minded 1994-06-09
The Master and Margarita 1994-06-06
A Show for a Single Man 1994-06-01
Russian miracle 1994-01-01
Sentence 1994-01-01
The Ghost of My House 1994-01-01
The Codex of Disgrace 1993-06-06
Chuffyk 1993-04-13
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach 1993-04-01
Queen's Personal Life 1993-03-08
The Devil's Puppets 1993-01-01
Provincial Benefit 1993-01-01
Destroy the Thirtieth! 1992-12-01
In Search of the Golden Phallus 1992-10-17
Gangsters in the Ocean 1992-02-10
Detonator 1992-01-01
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love 1991-12-18
Traces of Rain 1991-12-01
Made in USSR 1991-08-15
Across Red Nights 1991-07-01
Meet Me in Tahiti 1991-01-01
How Is It Going, Crucians? 1991-01-01
Несрочная весна 1990-06-02
Pretty Face 1990-06-01
Entrance to Labyrinth 1990-05-01
It 1990-02-05
The Charming Traveller 1990-01-31
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister 1990-01-25
The Suicide 1990-01-01
The Stairway 1989-11-11
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation 1989-01-01
Presumption of Innocence 1988-12-25
Hope 1988-11-30
Энергичные люди 1988-09-04
Three on the Red Carpet 1988-06-27
May I die, Lord 1988-06-16
Karpusha 1988-06-09
Enclosure 1988-03-19
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2 1988-03-13
Blackmailer 1988-01-28
Restricted Area 1988-01-01
Holy Moly! 1988-01-01
First Encounter - Last Encounter 1987-06-06
Defeat 1987-05-17
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century 1987-04-01
One Time Deal 1987-01-01
Martinko 1987-01-01
Sitting on the Golden Porch 1986-12-30
The Left-Hander 1986-03-16
Snake Catcher 1986-03-14
The Most Charming and Attractive 1985-11-10
Five Minutes of Fear 1985-10-10
Sincerely Yours... 1985-09-16
Dangerous for Your Life! 1985-08-12
The Invisible Man 1985-07-14
Copper Angel 1984-07-16
Before We Part 1984-06-06
Chekhov's Vaudevilles 1984-06-01
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches 1983-10-10
Demidovy 1983-08-01
We're from Jazz 1983-06-06
Не было печали 1983-03-21
The Trust That Has Burst 1983-03-18
Свадебный подарок 1983-01-03
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants 1983-01-01
Look for a Woman 1982-10-09
It's Just Awful! 1982-08-03
Take Care of the Men! 1982-03-03
Crazy Money 1981-11-19
Facts of the Past Day 1981-11-15
Ladies Invite Gentlemen 1981-05-30
We, the Undersigned 1981-03-14
For the Matches 1980-10-12
Don't Leave Your Lovers 1980-07-07
Little Tragedies 1980-06-30
Next of Kin 1980-01-01
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed 1979-11-11
Fuss of the Fusses 1979-10-29
Pena 1979-10-01
Tailcoat for an Idler 1979-08-28
You to Me, Me to You 1979-05-31
Unanswered Love 1979-01-01
Incognito from St.Petersburg 1978-07-17
While the Dream is Mad 1978-07-01
Live in Joy 1978-03-25
Счет человеческий 1978-02-20
The Rain 1978-02-02
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street... 1978-01-08
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano 1978-01-01
Funny People! 1977-11-10
The Most Beautiful Horse 1977-08-01
Mimino 1977-06-06
Timur and His Team 1977-05-01
Fun for Old People 1977-02-07
Эти невероятные музыканты, или Новые сновидения Шурика 1977-01-01
The Last Sacrifice 1976-10-11
The Adventures of Travka 1976-08-02
Ау-у! (Киноальманах) 1976-07-05
Circus in the Circus 1976-02-13
Without Father 1976-01-07
Afonya 1976-01-01
Escape of Mr. McKinley 1975-12-15
It Can't Be! 1975-10-23
Repeated Wedding 1975-03-25
Lev Gurych Sinichkin 1974-12-30
Kysh and TwoBriefcases 1974-12-16
Северная рапсодия 1974-11-04
Homeboy 1974-10-28
My Friends 1974-10-07
To Dream and to Live 1974-04-01
This Merry Planet 1973-12-31
Nylon 100% 1973-12-17
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession 1973-09-17
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe 1973-09-03
Pyotr Ryabinkin 1973-04-16
The Twelve Months 1973-01-01
Aibolit and Barmaley 1973-01-01
Boys 1972-10-02
White Queen's Move 1972-04-24
Seventh Skies 1972-03-20
Liberation: The Last Assault 1971-11-05
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev 1971-05-17
Young People 1971-03-26
Late Child 1971-02-11
The Roundabout 1971-01-01
The Beginning 1970-10-12
О друзьях-товарищах 1970-06-16
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends 1970-06-06
A Day and the Whole Life 1970-05-25
Two Days of Wonders 1970-01-15
I Am His Bride 1969-11-10
Not Under the Jurisdiction 1969-08-25
Любовь Серафима Фролова 1969-06-08
Shine, Shine, My Star 1969-06-06
Crash 1969-05-26
Men's Talk 1969-02-17
The Golden Calf 1968-07-08
Literature Lesson 1968-01-01
Viy 1967-11-27
Such a Big Boy 1967-06-22
Elder Sister 1967-03-06
Без свидетелей 1966-07-04
Your Son and Brother 1966-04-18
There Is Such a Lad 1966-01-04
Time, Forward! 1965-11-21
Everything for You 1965-06-14
Непридуманная история 1964-12-04
Third Time 1963-04-11
Крыса на подносе 1963-03-08
When the Trees Were Tall 1961-12-25
Lyubushka 1961-08-09
Водил поезда машинист 1961-01-01
Midshipman Panin 1960-05-25
Из Лебяжьего сообщают 1960-02-03
There Will Be No Leave Today 1959-05-09

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