Boris Leskin
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 (aged 97) New York City, U.S. |
| 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.
Biography
Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During the 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]
Awards
- 2006: Pacific Meridian: Best Actor (Everything Is Illuminated)[7][8][9]
Selected filmography
- Did We Meet Somewhere Before (1955)
- Unfinished Story (1955)
- Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)
- The Republic of ShKID (1966)
- Intervention (1968)
- An Old, Old Tale (1968)
- Property of the Republic (1971)
- Heavenly Swallows (1976)
- An Almost Funny Story (1977)
- Khanuma (1978)
- The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
- The Package (1989)
- Vampire's Kiss (1989)
- A Couch in New York (1996)
- World War III (1998)
- Men in Black (2005)[10]
- Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
- Cold Souls (2009)
References
- ^ a b "Boris Leskin — kinoteatr". kinoteatr.ru. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ a b Выходцы из Молдовы в Голливуде решают, кто из актеров получит «Оскара»!
- ^ В программе «Сегодня вечером» вспоминают народного артиста РСФСР Андрея Миронова
- ^ "Boris Leskin Illuminated". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Киноповесть: Борис Лёскин
- ^ "Men in Black star Boris Leskin dies aged 97 as tributes pour in". 22 February 2020.
- ^ Лауреаты владивостокского международного кинофестиваля (2006)
- ^ Рената Литвинова вручает приз за лучшую мужскую роль Борису Лескину
- ^ Boris Leskin. Awards
- ^ Romanian-born actor Boris Leskin has died, according to local reports
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