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

Boris Leskin
Борис Вульфович Лёскин
Born	Boris Vulfovich Leskin (1923-01-05)5 January 1923[1] Petrograd,URSS[1]
Died	21 February 2020(2020-02-21) (aged 97) New York City, U.S.
Other names	Boris Lyoskin
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–2009

Biography

Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During the World War II Leskin was employed as a sapper at the front and was wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals.[2][3]

In 1952 he graduated from the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute (Leonid Makaryev course). From 1951 to 1980 he worked as an actor in the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.[4]

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 Academy Awards.[2] In 2011 director Eduard Staroselsky made a documentary about him: Bob Has Been Removed. Minesweeper Bolshoi Drama (with Sergei Yursky).[5] Leskin died on 21 February 2020.[6]

Awards

• 2006: Pacific Meridian: Best Actor (Everything Is Illuminated)[7][8][9]

Selected filmography

• Did We Meet Somewhere Before (1955)
• Unfinished Story (1955)
• Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)
• The Republic of ShKID (1966)
• Intervention (1968)
• An Old, Old Tale (1968)
• Property of the Republic (1971)
• Heavenly Swallows (1976)
• An Almost Funny Story (1977)
• Khanuma (1978)
• The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
• The Package (1989)
• Vampire's Kiss (1989)
• A Couch in New York (1996)
• World War III (1998)
• Men in Black (2005)[10]
• Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
• Cold Souls (2009)

References

External links

• Boris Leskin at IMDb
• Boris Leskin on KinoPoisk

На других языках

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[de] Boris Wulfowitsch Ljoskin

Boris Wulfowitsch Ljoskin (russisch Борис Вульфович Лёскин; * 5. Januar 1923 in Chișinău, Königreich Rumänien; † 21. Februar 2020 in New York City) war ein in der Sowjetunion und den Vereinigten Staaten aktiver Schauspieler.[1][2]

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- [en] Boris Leskin

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[ru] Лёскин, Борис Вульфович

Борис Вульфович Лёскин (англ. Boris Leskin; 5 января 1923, Петроград — 21 февраля 2020, Нью-Йорк) — советский и американский актёр театра и кино.

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