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