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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 Leskin was employed as a sapper at the front and was wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals.
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.
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. 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: Pacific Meridian: Best Actor (Everything Is Illuminated)
Filmography
References
External links
Boris Leskin at IMDb
Boris Leskin on KinoPoisk
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