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Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Actor · born 8 October 1936 · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

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.

Where to start: Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973).

As actor 158

TV shows 20

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Leonid Kuravlyov movie?

By viewer score, Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973) at 7.9/10.

What are Leonid Kuravlyov’s most popular movies?

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession, Viy, Afonya.

How many movies has Leonid Kuravlyov made?

158 films on TMDB, 158 as actor.

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