Leonid Kuravlyov

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    Leonid Kuravlev, Леонид Куравлёв, Леонид Куравлев, Куравлёв Леонид Вячеславович, L. Kuravlev, L. Kuravlyov, L.Kuravlyov, Куравлев Леонид Вячеславович, Leonid Kouravliov, Leonid Viatcheslavovitch Kouravliov

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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

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1936-10-08
  • event Death Date 2022-01-30
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3.4
  • info Birth Place Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Leonid Kuravlyov

4

White Queen's Move

1972-04-24

7.9

Afonya

1976-01-01

7.9

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

1973-09-17

0

Крыса на подносе

1963-03-08

0

Пётр Рябинкин

1973-04-16

0

I Am His Bride

1969-11-10

0

The Most Beautiful Horse

1977-08-01

0

Северная рапсодия

1974-11-04

4.8

Old Songs about the Main Thing 2

1997-01-01

4.5

The Book of Masters

2009-10-29

0

Enclosure

1988-03-19

0

Restricted Area

1988-01-01

7.6

Mimino

1977-06-06

7.2

It Can't Be!

1975-10-23

5.9

Evropejskij Konvoj

2003-06-06

5.6

There Will Be No Leave Today

1959-05-09

8.1

The Golden Calf

1968-07-08

4.8

This Merry Planet

1973-12-31

6.1

The Trust That Has Burst

1983-03-18

7.1

The Most Charming and Attractive

1985-11-10

6.2

Esli Nevesta Vedma

2002-06-06

5.9

Fuss of the Fusses

1979-10-29

8.2

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

1979-11-11

5.7

Shine, Shine, My Star

1969-06-06

5.9

Incognito from St.Petersburg

1978-07-17

3

The Stairway

1989-11-11

5.3

First Encounter - Last Encounter

1987-06-06

6.3

The Turkish Gambit

2005-02-22

1

Destroy the Thirtieth!

1992-12-01

0

All That Jam

2016-10-24

6.8

When the Trees Were Tall

1961-12-25

6.4

The Beginning

1970-10-12

6

The Night Before Christmas

1997-01-01

5.2

The Ballad of Bering and His Friends

1970-06-06

6.3

There Is Such a Lad

1966-01-04

6.6

We're from Jazz

1983-06-06

5.6

Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation

1989-01-01

6.8

Dangerous for Your Life!

1985-08-12

3.5

The Codex of Disgrace

1993-06-06

7.2

Look for a Woman

1982-10-09

6.3

One Time Deal

1987-01-01

6.7

What a Mess!

1995-06-06

6.2

Holy Moly!

1988-01-01

3

Snake Catcher

1986-03-14

6.4

Railway Romance

2003-12-12

5.3

Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe

1973-09-03

5.9

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach

1993-04-01

5.5

Meet Me in Tahiti

1991-01-01

5.4

Little Tragedies

1980-06-30

5.1

Lady Into Lassie

1995-05-26

0

Defeat

1987-05-17

4

Funny People!

1977-11-10

0

Шоу для одинокого мужчины

1994-06-01

4.5

Lev Gurych Sinichkin

1974-12-30

5

To Dream and to Live

1974-04-01

5.5

Ladies Invite Gentlemen

1981-05-30

5.4

Sitting on the Golden Porch

1986-12-30

6.3

Five Minutes of Fear

1985-10-10

5.9

The Master and Margarita

1994-06-06

6.1

Don't Leave Your Lovers

1980-07-07

4.6

We, the Undersigned

1981-03-14

6.1

You to Me, Me to You

1979-05-31

5.6

Elder Sister

1967-03-06

7.2

The Barber of Siberia

1998-11-11

5.9

Timur and His Team

1977-05-01

5.9

The Invisible Man

1985-07-14

3.4

Entrance to Labyrinth

1990-05-01

0

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

2004-12-31

4

Before We Part

1984-06-06

0

Счет человеческий

1978-02-20

3.4

A Dog Was Walking on the Piano

1978-01-01

4.8

Two Days of Wonders

1970-01-15

5.6

Made in USSR

1991-08-15

5.8

Эти невероятные музыканты, или Новые сновидения Шурика

1977-01-01

0

Three on the Red Carpet

1988-06-27

5.2

Hope

1988-11-30

0

Без свидетелей

1966-07-04

6.5

Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants

1983-01-01

5.1

Live in Joy

1978-03-25

0

Repeated Wedding

1975-03-25

4.2

Midshipman Panin

1960-05-25

7.1

Demidovy

1983-08-01

6.5

Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches

1983-10-10

0

Chekhov's Vaudevilles

1984-06-01

2.5

Queen's Personal Life

1993-03-08

7

The Charming Traveller

1990-01-31

0

Traces of Rain

1991-12-01

5.5

The Roundabout

1971-01-01

4.6

It

1989-02-11

0

Simple - Minded

1994-06-09

5.8

Russian Account

1994-12-01

5.5

Russian miracle

1994-01-01

0

Не было печали

1983-03-21

3.3

Sincerely Yours...

1985-09-16

6.2

Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...

1978-01-08

5.2

Not Under the Jurisdiction

1969-08-25

6.7

The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev

1971-05-17

6.5

The Twelve Months

1973-01-01

8

Gangsters in the Ocean

1992-02-10

5.7

Непридуманная история

1964-12-04

7

Martinko

1987-01-01

5.4

Literature Lesson

1968-01-01

4.2

Third Time

1963-04-11

6.7

Your Son and Brother

1966-04-18

7

Men's Talk

1969-02-17

0

A Man for a Young Girl

1996-07-03

7.5

Blackmailer

1988-01-28

1.7

KGB Agents Also Fall in Love

1991-12-18

7.8

Liberation: The Last Assault

1971-11-05

0

The Adventures of Travka

1976-08-02

7

It's Just Awful!

1982-08-03

7

Tailcoat for an Idler

1979-08-28

5.4

The Left-Hander

1986-03-16

8

Without Father

1976-01-07

5.4

Aibolit and Barmaley

1973-01-01

0

Detonator

1992-01-01

4.8

Circus in the Circus

1976-02-13

0

Kysh and TwoBriefcases

1974-12-16

0

Sentence

1994-01-01

0

The Love Arrow

2002-01-01

10

Ultimatum

1999-01-01

7.5

Ау-у! (Киноальманах)

1976-07-05

5

Everything for You

1965-06-14

6

A Day and the Whole Life

1970-05-25

6

My Friends

1974-10-07

7.5

Lyubushka

1961-08-09

6

Late Child

1971-02-11

4

While the Dream is Mad

1978-07-01

5

Nylon 100%

1973-12-17

5

Copper Angel

1984-07-16

6

О друзьях-товарищах

1970-06-16

5.1

Time, Forward!

1965-11-21

4.8

Presumption of Innocence

1988-12-25

6.5

Homeboy

1974-10-28

6

The Suicide

1990-01-01

6

Seventh Skies

1972-03-20

5

Свадебный подарок

1983-01-03

4.3

The Stringer

1998-01-01

5.7

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister

1990-01-25

0

Crash

1969-05-26

3

Take Care of the Men!

1982-03-03

3.9

Escape of Mr. McKinley

1975-12-15

0

May I die, Lord

1988-06-16

0

In Search of the Golden Phallus

1992-10-17

4.7

Crazy Money

1981-11-19

0

Водил поезда машинист

1961-01-01

0

Из Лебяжьего сообщают

1960-02-03

5

Pena

1979-10-01

0

How Is It Going, Crucians?

1991-01-01

0

Facts of the Past Day

1981-11-15

3.5

Old Songs about the Main Thing 3

1998-01-01

6.9

Viy

1967-11-27

6

The Last Sacrifice

1976-10-11

1

Such a Big Boy

1967-06-22

0

Энергичные люди

1988-09-04

3.5

Несрочная весна

1990-06-02

0

Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun

2004-12-31

7.2

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins, Part 2

1988-03-12

7.3

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches

1988-03-12

0

The Devil's Puppets

1993-01-01

10

Young People

1971-03-26

3

The Heirs

2008-06-01

6

Любовь Серафима Фролова

1969-06-08

0

New Year's Story

1997-12-01

7

Глубокие родственники

1980-01-01

9

Fun for Old People

1977-02-07

5.5

Unanswered Love

1979-01-01

6.3

For the Matches

1980-10-12

0

Dozhd'

1978-02-02

0

The Ghost of My House

1994-01-01

8

Pretty Face

1990-06-01

0

Boys

1972-10-02

0

Across Red Nights

1991-07-01

0

Provincial Benefit

1993-01-01

7.8

Seventeen Moments of Spring

1973-08-11

6.3

Entrance to the Maze

1990-05-01

7

The Turkish Gambit

2006-12-25

7.7

Brigada

2002-09-23

8.6

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed

1979-11-11

7

Fuse

1962-06-04

6.9

TASS Is Authorized to Declare...

1984-07-30

6

Little Tragedies

1980-07-01

6.4

Streets of Broken Lights

1998-01-04

2

Life of Don Quixote and Sancho

1988-07-19

7.2

Memories of Sherlock Holmes

2000-04-03

8

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980-03-22

9

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins

1988-03-12

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