Boris Leskin

Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.

Boris Leskin
Борис Вульфович Лёскин
Born
Boris Vulfovich Leskin

(1923-01-05)5 January 1923[1]
Chişinău, Bessarabia, Romania[1]
Died21 February 2020(2020-02-21) (aged 97)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesBoris Lyoskin
OccupationActor
Years active1953–2009

Biography

Born on 5 January 1923, in 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During the World War II he 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

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Boris Leskin — kinoteatr". kinoteatr.ru. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. Выходцы из Молдовы в Голливуде решают, кто из актеров получит «Оскара»!
  3. В программе «Сегодня вечером» вспоминают народного артиста РСФСР Андрея Миронова
  4. "Boris Leskin Illuminated". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. Киноповесть: Борис Лёскин
  6. https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/22/men-black-star-boris-leskin-dies-aged-97-tributes-pour-12282757/
  7. Лауреаты владивостокского международного кинофестиваля (2006)
  8. Рената Литвинова вручает приз за лучшую мужскую роль Борису Лескину
  9. Boris Leskin. Awards
  10. Romanian-born actor Boris Leskin has died, according to local reports
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