Among the most popular viewer of his images, of course, Athos, Shura Balaganov and George Miloslavsky.
Actor, people’s artist of Russia Leonid Kuravlev, who played nearly 200 film credits, celebrates today 80 years old.
Kuravlyov was born on 8 Oct 1936 in Moscow. He lost his father early, and in 1941, Leonid mother on false charges sent to the North, where they lived for several years until he returned to Moscow.
Kuravlev graduated from the acting Department of the all-Union state Institute of cinematography (workshop of Boris Bibikov) and was admitted to the Theater-Studio movie actor. In the movie, Leonid Kuravlyov made his debut while still a student he played in the film Michael Schweitzer “Midshipman Panin” and in the thesis work of Vasily Shukshin “Of the Swan report”.
In the 1960s, the screens out two paintings of Vasily Shukshin with the participation of Leonid Kuravlev (“Lives a guy” and “Your son and brother”), a film directed by Konstantin Yershov “Wii”, and the Comedy of Michael Schweitzer “the Golden calf” with the inimitable Shura Balaganov.
In the 1970-ies the actor was at the peak of popularity: Robinson Crusoe in the film “the Life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe”, the Nazi officer Eismann in the legendary TV series “Seventeen moments of spring”, a cat burglar George Miloslavsky in the Comedy of Leonid Gaidai “Ivan Vasilyevich changes occupation”, plumber Afonya Borschov in the Comedy of George Danelia “Afonya”.
Played many a cameo, but memorable role: endocrinologist Hachikian in the Comedy “Mimino”, a thief named Smoked in the film “the meeting Place cannot be changed” and others.
In 1980-e years it was famous for the duet with Sofiko Chiaureli in a Comedy detective Alla Surikova “Look for the woman”, the image of Misha Dyatlov in the Comedy “the Most charming and attractive” and von Bork in the adventure film “the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The twentieth century begins”.
In 1990-e years kuravleva not affected simple, which got many actors. He played the President of intouriste in the drama “the Master and Margarita”, the landlord of Murom in the melodrama “mistress into maid”, the Sergeant Bukina in the historical drama “the Siberian Barber” and others.
In 2000-ies Directors often offered Leonid Kuravlev the role of various military and police chiefs in the series. And among his last films detective “Turkish gambit” film-a fairy tale Disney “Book of Masters”.
The last few years, after the death in 2013 of his wife Nina, with whom he lived a long life together (they met at the rink when Kuravleva was 16), he became almost a recluse. The actor has two children and three grandchildren.
