About Leonid Obolensky
Lived 1902 – 1991 (aged 89). Leonid Obolensky was a Russian actor and film director.
Leonid Leonidovich Obolensky (; 21 January 1902 – 17 November 1991) was a Russian and Soviet actor. Born into the family of the Soviet diplomat Leonid Leonidovich Obolensky (1873−1930) in Arzamas, he studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
Selected filmography On the Red Front (1920) as Red Army soldier The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) as dandy The Death Ray (1925) as Mayor Hard St. Jorgen's Day (1930) as film director A Very English Murder (1974) old lord Warbeck Walnut Bread (1978) as Andrius's grandfather The Casket of Maria Medici (1980) as Bertrand Marti Faktas (1981) as Alexandre
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Who was Leonid Obolensky?
Soviet Russian actor and film director (1902-1991)
When was Leonid Obolensky born?
Leonid Obolensky was born on 21 January 1902 in Arzamas.
When did Leonid Obolensky die?
Leonid Obolensky died on 19 November 1991 in Miass.
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Leonid Obolensky was an actor and film director.
What nationality was Leonid Obolensky?
Leonid Obolensky was Russian.
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