Leonid Leonidov

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Leonid Leonidov

Russian actor

Also known as: L. M. Volfenzon, Leonid Mironovich Leonidov

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In full:: Leonid Mironovich Leonidov

Pseudonym of:: L.M. Volfenzon

Born:: May 22, 1873, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire

Died:: August 6, 1941, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. (aged 68)

Awards And Honors:: Order of Lenin

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Leonid Leonidov (born May 22, 1873, Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died August 6, 1941, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Russian actor, director, and teacher who represented in his work and teachings the precepts of Konstantin Stanislavsky. Leonidov studied at the Moscow Imperial Theatrical School and worked as an actor in Kiev, Odessa, and at Moscow’s Korsh Theatre before joining the Moscow Art Theatre in 1903 to work under Stanislavsky. He made his debut there playing Pepel in Maxim Gorky’s The Lower Depths, and, although he received favourable notice in a few comedy roles (Borkin in Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov and Skalozub in ...(100 of 271 words)

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