Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.

Biography

Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Leskin was employed as a sapper at the front and was wounded. He was awarded the

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/ref> In 1952 he graduated from the

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(Leonid Makaryev course). From 1951 to 1980 he worked as an actor in the

Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (; literally ''Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater''), formerly known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater () (1931–1992), often referred to as the Bolshoi Drama Theater and by the acronym BDT (), is a theater in Sa ...

. In 1980 he began his career in the United States as a theater actor in New York City. He was included on the nomination committee for

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. In 2011 director Eduard Staroselsky made a documentary about him: ''Bob Has Been Removed. Minesweeper Bolshoi Drama'' (with Sergei Yursky). Leskin died on 21 February 2020.

Awards

* 2006:

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: Best Actor (''

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Filmography

References

External links

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1923 births 2020 deaths Actors from Chișinău Soviet male actors American male film actors American male television actors Soviet emigrants to the United States Jewish American male actors Male actors from New York City Male actors from Saint Petersburg Jewish Russian actors Soviet military personnel of World War II 21st-century American Jews {{Russia-actor-stub