Leonid Kuravlyov
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-10-08
Day of Death
2022-01-30 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Leonid Kuravlyov
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”.
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Known For
Acting
(2016)
All That Jam
as father Leonty
(2009)
The Book of Masters
as Barin
(2008)
The Heirs
as глава администрации
(2005)
The Turkish Gambit
as major
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
Railway Romance
as Petrovich
(2003)
Evropejskij Konvoj
as генерал
(2002)
(2002)
(1999)
Ultimatum
as Leonid
(1998)
The Barber of Siberia
as Vakhmistr Bukin
(1998)
(1998)
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
as Жорж Милославский
(1997)
(1997)
New Year's Story
as Ded Moroz
(1997)
(1996)
(1995)
What a Mess!
as USA ambassador
(1995)
Lady Into Lassie
as Grigoriy Muromskiy
(1994)
(1994)
The Master and Margarita
as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
(1994)
Russian Account
as Иван Сидоров, майор
(1994)
Russian Miracle
as Сеня
(1994)
(1994)
(1994)
Sentence
as Лео Харман
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
as Mikhail Gorbachev
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
Chuffyk
as (voice)
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
Gangsters in the Ocean
as Sobakin
(1992)
In Search of the Golden Phallus
as руководитель круиза
(1991)
How Is It Going, Crucians?
as высокий начальник
(1991)
Meet Me in Tahiti
as Шнайдер
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
Made in USSR
as Ivan Moiseyevich
(1991)
(1990)
It
as Vasilisk Borodavkin
(1990)
The Enchanted Wanderer
as Priest
(1990)
The Suicide
as заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
(1990)
(1990)
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
as Игорь Иванович Степанов
(1990)
Nesrochnaya vesna
as хозяин
(1990)
Entrance to Labyrinth
as Oleg Khlebnikov
(1989)
(1989)
The Stairway
as дядя Миша
(1988)
Hope
as Stepan
(1988)
(1988)
Presumption of Innocence
as Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Blackmailer
as Федор Семенович
(1988)
Karpusha
as Karpusha (voice)
(1988)
Three on the Red Carpet
as Михаил Иванович Сошкин
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Энергичные люди
as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
(1987)
One Time Deal
as Fedor Romanov
(1987)
First Encounter - Last Encounter
as Count
(1987)
Martinko
as Martinko (voice)
(1987)
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
as Von Bork
(1987)
(1986)
Sitting on the Golden Porch
as Kороль Амфибрахий
(1986)
Five Minutes of Fear
as Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
(1986)
Snake Catcher
as Konstantin
(1986)
The Left-Hander
as император Александр Павлович
(1985)
Sincerely Yours...
as Emtsov
(1985)
Dangerous for Your Life!
as Spartak Molodtsov
(1985)
The Invisible Man
as Marvel
(1985)
The Most Charming and Attractive
as Pasha Dyatlov
(1985)
(1984)
Copper Angel
as Ларсен
(1984)
(1984)
Before We Part
as Badarin
(1983)
(1983)
We're from Jazz
as Samsonov
(1983)
There Was No Sorrow
as Vadim Petrovich Potapov
(1983)
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
as Ivan Shponka
(1983)
(1983)
Demidovy
as Menshikov
(1983)
The Trust That Has Burst
as Ezra Plunkett
(1982)
Look for a Woman
as Henri Granden
(1982)
Take Care of the Men!
as Vladimir Rodionov
(1982)
It's Just Awful!
as Ruslan Ivanovich
(1981)
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
as Sanya
(1981)
(1981)
Facts of the Past Day
as Grinin
(1981)
Crazy Money
as Vasiliy
(1981)
We, the Undersigned
as Lyonya Shindin
(1980)
Don't Leave Your Lovers
as Валера
(1980)
Next of Kin
as Толик
(1980)
For the Matches
as Peasant
(1980)
Little Tragedies
as Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
(1979)
Pena
as Валерий Солома, аферист
(1979)
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
as "Smoked"
(1979)
Unanswered Love
as Pavlov
(1979)
Fuss of the Fusses
as Volodya
(1979)
You to Me, Me to You
as Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
(1979)
(1978)
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
(1978)
Funny People!
as Денис Григорьев
(1978)
Счет человеческий
as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
(1978)
(1978)
The Rain
as Trenka, apprentice (voice)
(1978)
Incognito from St.Petersburg
as Shpekin
(1978)
(1978)
Live in Joy
as Митяй Пряжкин (Дмитрий Петрович)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
Fun for Old People
as Yefremov
(1977)
(1977)
Mimino
as Professor Khachikyan
(1976)
(1976)
Afonya
as Афанасий Николаевич Борщов (Афоня), слесарь-сантехник
(1976)
Au-u!
as Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
(1976)
The Last Sacrifice
as Lavr Mironych
(1976)
(1976)
Circus in the Circus
as Grisha
(1975)
Repeated Wedding
as Михайлов
(1975)
The Flight of Mr. McKinley
as мистер Дроот
(1975)
It Can't Be!
as Vladimir Zavitushkin
(1974)
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
as князь Ветренский
(1974)
(1974)
Homeboy
as Fedor
(1974)
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
as папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
(1974)
To Dream and to Live
as Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
(1974)
(1973)
The Twelve Months
as Old soldier
(1973)
This Merry Planet
as Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
(1973)
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
as Робинзон (озв. А. Консовский)
(1973)
(1973)
Aibolit and Barmaley
as Толстый
(1973)
(1973)
Nylon 100%
as работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
(1973)
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
as Жорж Милославский / князь Милославский
(1972)
(1972)
Boys
as Viktor Viktorovich
(1972)
White Queen's Move
as Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
(1972)
(1971)
(1971)
Young People
as new settler
(1971)
(1971)
The Roundabout
as Nikolai Timofeyevich
(1971)
Liberation: The Last Assault
as Chuikov's signaler
(1970)
The Beginning
as Arkadiy
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Two Days of Wonders
as зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
(1970)
(1969)
Men's Talk
as Alexey
(1969)
Love of Serafim Frolov
as Serafim Frolov
(1969)
Shine, Shine, My Star
as Red comissar
(1969)
(1969)
Not Under the Jurisdiction
as Sorokin
(1969)
Crash
as Сыроежкин
(1968)
The Golden Calf
as Shura Balaganov
(1968)
Literature Lesson
as Савелий Сидоров
(1967)
Viy
as Khoma Brut
(1967)
Elder Sister
as Volodya
(1967)
Such a Big Boy
as Vasiliy
(1966)
There Is Such a Lad
as Пашка Колокольников, шофёр
(1966)
Your Son and Brother
as Степан Воеводин, средний сын
(1966)
Without Witnesses
as Burmakin
(1965)
Time, Forward!
as Korneyev
(1965)
(1964)
An Unrealistic Story
as Kostya Remizov
(1963)
Third Time
as Lyonya Fokin
(1963)
(1961)
(1961)
When the Trees Were Tall
as Lenka
(1961)
Machinist Drove the Train
as Yasha
(1960)
Reports from Lebyazhye
as Сеня Громов
(1960)
Midshipman Panin
as Pyotr Kamushkin
(1959)
There Will Be No Leave Today
as Morozov