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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 8, 1936
Died
January 30, 2022
Place of Birth
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Also Known As
- Leonid Kuravlev
- Леонид Куравлёв
- Леонид Куравлев
- Куравлёв Леонид Вячеславович
- L. Kuravlev
- L. Kuravlyov
- L.Kuravlyov
- Куравлев Леонид Вячеславович
- Leonid Kouravliov
- Leonid Viatcheslavovitch Kouravliov
Leonid Kuravlyov
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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
Known For
1.0
father Leonty
All That Jam
2016
4.4
Barin
The Book of Masters
2009
3.0
глава администрации
The Heirs
2008
7.0
Artillery major
The Turkish Gambit
2006
6.3
major
The Turkish Gambit
2005
0.0
Dobrynya
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004
0.5
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
6.5
Petrovich
Railway Romance
2003
🎬
5.9
генерал
Evropejskij Konvoj
2003
7.6
Петр Чуйков
Brigada
2002
Credits
All That Jam
as father Leonty
2016
1.0
The Book of Masters
as Barin
2009
4.4
The Heirs
as глава администрации
2008
3.0
The Turkish Gambit
as Artillery major
2006
7.0
The Turkish Gambit
as major
2005
6.3
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
as Dobrynya
2004
0.0
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
0.5
Railway Romance
as Petrovich
2003
6.5
🎬
Evropejskij Konvoj
as генерал
2003
5.9
Brigada
as Петр Чуйков
2002
7.6
Esli Nevesta Vedma
2002
6.2
The Love Arrow
2002
0.0
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
as Von Bork
2000
7.2
Ultimatum
as Leonid
1999
10.0
The Barber of Siberia
as Vakhmistr Bukin
1998
7.1
Streets of Broken Lights
as Андрей Петрович Ершов, "Дед"
1998
6.1
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
as Жорж Милославский
1998
5.1
The Stringer
1998
4.3
New Year's Story
as Ded Moroz
1997
0.0
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
5.0
The Night Before Christmas
1997
6.0
A Man for a Young Girl
1996
0.0
Lady Into Lassie
as Grigoriy Muromskiy
1995
5.1
What a Mess!
as USA ambassador
1995
6.6
Russian Account
as Иван Сидоров, майор
1994
4.8
Simple - Minded
1994
0.0
The Master and Margarita
as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
1994
5.7
A Show for a Single Man
1994
0.0
The Ghost of My House
1994
4.0
Russian miracle
as Сеня
1994
4.6
Sentence
as Лео Харман
1994
0.0
The Codex of Disgrace
1993
3.5
Chuffyk
as (voice)
1993
0.0
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
as Mikhail Gorbachev
1993
5.8
Queen's Personal Life
1993
2.5
The Devil's Puppets
1993
0.0
Provincial Benefit
1993
0.0
Destroy the Thirtieth!
1992
1.0
In Search of the Golden Phallus
as руководитель круиза
1992
0.0
Gangsters in the Ocean
as Sobakin
1992
8.0
Detonator
1992
0.0
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
1991
1.8
Traces of Rain
1991
0.0
Made in USSR
as Ivan Moiseyevich
1991
5.6
Across Red Nights
1991
0.0
How Is It Going, Crucians?
as высокий начальник
1991
0.0
Meet Me in Tahiti
as Шнайдер
1991
5.5
Несрочная весна
as хозяин
1990
3.5
Pretty Face
1990
5.5
Entrance to the Maze
as Oleg Khlebnikov - doktor neyrofiziolog
1990
6.3
Entrance to Labyrinth
as Oleg Khlebnikov
1990
3.4
It
as Vasilisk Borodavkin
1990
4.9
The Charming Traveller
as Priest
1990
7.0
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
as Игорь Иванович Степанов
1990
5.7
The Suicide
as заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
1990
6.0
The Stairway
as дядя Миша
1989
2.8
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
as Editor
1989
5.6
Presumption of Innocence
as Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
1988
4.8
Hope
as Stepan
1988
5.2
Энергичные люди
as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
1988
0.0
Life of Don Quixote and Sancho
as Nicolas
1988
4.7
Three on the Red Carpet
as Михаил Иванович Сошкин
1988
0.0
May I Die, Lord...
1988
0.0
Karpusha
as Karpusha (voice)
1988
0.0
Enclosure
1988
0.0
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
as Von Bork
1988
7.2
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
as von Bork
1988
9.0
Blackmailer
as Федор Семенович
1988
7.5
Restricted Area
1988
0.0
Holy Moly!
1988
6.2
First Encounter - Last Encounter
as Count
1987
5.3
Defeat
1987
0.0
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
as Von Bork
1987
7.1
One Time Deal
as Fedor Romanov
1987
6.3
Martinko
as Martinko (voice)
1987
7.0
Sitting on the Golden Porch
as Kороль Амфибрахий
1986
5.4
The Left-Hander
as император Александр Павлович
1986
5.4
Snake Catcher
as Konstantin
1986
3.0
The Most Charming and Attractive
as Pasha Dyatlov
1985
7.0
Five Minutes of Fear
as Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
1985
6.3
Sincerely Yours...
as Emtsov
1985
3.3
Dangerous for Your Life!
as Spartak Molodtsov
1985
6.8
The Invisible Man
as Marvel
1985
5.4
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
as Андрей Андреевич Зотов, инженер-корабел
1984
6.9
Copper Angel
as Ларсен
1984
5.0
Before We Part
as Badarin
1984
4.0
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
1984
0.0
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches
as Arkady
1983
5.3
Demidovy
as Menshikov
1983
7.1
We're from Jazz
as Samsonov
1983
6.6
Не было печали
as Vadim Petrovich Potapov
1983
0.0
The Trust That Has Burst
as Ezra Plunkett
1983
6.1
The Wedding Gift
1983
5.0
Ищите женщину
as Henri Granden
1983
0.0
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
as Ivan Shponka
1983
6.5
Look for a Woman
as Henri Granden
1982
7.2
It's Just Awful!
as Ruslan Ivanovich
1982
7.0
Take Care of the Men!
as Vladimir Rodionov
1982
3.0
Crazy Money
as Vasiliy
1981
4.7
Facts of the Past Day
as Grinin
1981
0.0
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
as Sanya
1981
5.9
We, the Undersigned
as Lyonya Shindin
1981
4.6
For the Matches
as Peasant
1980
6.3
Don't Leave Your Lovers
as Валера
1980
6.1
Little Tragedies
1980
6.0
Little Tragedies
as Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
1980
5.4
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
as Von Bork
1980
7.8
Next of Kin
as Толик
1980
7.0
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
as «Копчёный» (вор-чердачник Валентин Бисяев)
1979
8.6
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
as "Smoked"
1979
8.1
Fuss of the Fusses
as Volodya
1979
5.9
Pena
as Валерий Солома, аферист
1979
5.0
Tailcoat for an Idler
1979
7.0
You to Me, Me to You
as Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
1979
6.1
Unanswered Love
as Pavlov
1979
5.5
Incognito from St.Petersburg
as Shpekin
1978
5.9
While the Dream is Mad
1978
4.0
Live in Joy
as Митяй Пряжкин (Дмитрий Петрович)
1978
5.1
Счет человеческий
as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
1978
6.0
The Rain
as Trenka, apprentice (voice)
1978
0.0
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
1978
6.2
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
1978
3.9
Funny People!
as Денис Григорьев
1977
4.0
The Most Beautiful Horse
1977
0.0
Mimino
as Professor Khachikyan
1977
7.5
Timur and His Team
1977
5.9
Fun for Old People
as Yefremov
1977
9.0
Эти невероятные музыканты, или Новые сновидения Шурика
1977
5.8
The Last Sacrifice
as Lavr Mironych
1976
6.0
The Adventures of Travka
1976
0.0
Ау-у! (Киноальманах)
as Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
1976
7.5
Circus in the Circus
as Grisha
1976
4.8
Without Father
1976
8.0
Afonya
as Афанасий Николаевич Борщов (Афоня), слесарь-сантехник
1976
7.9
Escape of Mr. McKinley
as мистер Дроот
1975
3.9
It Can't Be!
as Vladimir Zavitushkin
1975
7.1
Repeated Wedding
as Михайлов
1975
2.0
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
as князь Ветренский
1974
4.5
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
as папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
1974
0.0
Северная рапсодия
1974
0.0
Homeboy
as Fedor
1974
6.5
My Friends
1974
6.0
To Dream and to Live
as Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
1974
5.0
This Merry Planet
as Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
1973
4.8
Nylon 100%
as работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
1973
5.3
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
as Жорж Милославский / князь Милославский
1973
7.9
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
as Робинзон (озв. А. Консовский)
1973
5.3
Seventeen Moments of Spring
as Kurt Eismann - SS Obersturmbannfuehrer
1973
7.7
Pyotr Ryabinkin
1973
0.0
The Twelve Months
as Старый солдат
1973
0.0
Aibolit and Barmaley
as Толстый
1973
5.4
The Twelve Months
as Old soldier
1973
6.5
Boys
as Viktor Viktorovich
1972
0.0
White Queen's Move
as Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
1972
4.0
Seventh Skies
1972
6.0
Liberation: The Last Assault
as Chuikov's signaler
1971
7.4
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
as Priest
1971
6.7
Young People
as new settler
1971
10.0
Late Child
1971
6.0
The Roundabout
as Nikolai Timofeyevich
1971
5.5
The Beginning
as Arkadiy
1970
6.2
О друзьях-товарищах
1970
6.0
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
1970
5.2
A Day and the Whole Life
1970
6.0
Two Days of Wonders
as зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
1970
4.8
I Am His Bride
1969
0.0
Not Under the Jurisdiction
as Sorokin
1969
5.2
Love of Serafim Frolov
as Serafim Frolov
1969
6.0
Shine, Shine, My Star
as Red comissar
1969
5.4
Crash
as Сыроежкин
1969
0.0
Men's Talk
as Alexey
1969
7.0
The Golden Calf
as Shura Balaganov
1968
7.9
Literature Lesson
as Савелий Сидоров
1968
5.4
Viy
as Khoma Brut
1967
6.9
Such a Big Boy
as Vasiliy
1967
1.0
Elder Sister
as Volodya
1967
5.6
🎬
Без свидетелей
as Валька Бурмакин
1966
0.0
Your Son and Brother
as Степан Воеводин, средний сын
1966
6.7
There Is Such a Lad
as Пашка Колокольников, шофёр
1966
6.5
Time, Forward!
as Korneyev
1965
5.1
Everything for You
1965
5.0
Непридуманная история
as Kostya Remizov
1964
5.7
Third Time
as Lyonya Fokin
1963
4.2
🎬
Крыса на подносе
1963
0.0
Fuse
1962
7.6
When the Trees Were Tall
as Lenka
1961
6.6
Lyubushka
1961
7.5
Machinist Drove the Train
as Yasha
1961
0.0
Midshipman Panin
as Pyotr Kamushkin
1960
5.0
Reports from Lebyazhye
as Сеня Громов
1960
0.0
There Will Be No Leave Today
as Morozov
1959
5.7