10 Facts About Leonid Kuravlyov

Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov was a Soviet and Russian film actor.

Leonid Kuravlyov became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.

Leonid Kuravlyov's father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova was a hairdresser.

In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov.

Leonid Kuravlyov graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors.

Leonid Kuravlyov made his first movie appearances while still a student.

Leonid Kuravlyov acted in Your Son and Brother and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin.

Leonid Kuravlyov recalled that, drunk, he had opened the window at her house and had shouted to the whole street that he hated the Soviet regime.

Leonid Kuravlyov was a devoted Christian, a member of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Leonid Kuravlyov died from pneumonia on 30 January 2022, at the age of 85.