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Leonid Kuravlyov (Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov) was born on 8 October, 1936 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia], is an actor. Discover Leonid Kuravlyov's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov
Occupation actor
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 8 October, 1936
Birthday 8 October
Birthplace Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Date of death 30 January, 2022
Died Place Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russia

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Leonid Kuravlyov Height, Weight & Measurements

At 86 years old, Leonid Kuravlyov height is 5' 8½" (1.74 m) .

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Height 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Who Is Leonid Kuravlyov's Wife?

His wife is Nina Kuravlyova (1960 - 5 April 2012) ( her death) ( 2 children)

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Wife Nina Kuravlyova (1960 - 5 April 2012) ( her death) ( 2 children)
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Leonid Kuravlyov Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Leonid Kuravlyov worth at the age of 86 years old? Leonid Kuravlyov’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Russia. We have estimated Leonid Kuravlyov's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actor

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1959

Leonid Kuravlyov made his first appearance in a movie while he was still a student. In 1959 he played in the film Segodnya uvolneniya ne budet (1959) by his classmate Andrei Tarkovsky.

1960

In 1960, he played the role of a sailor Kamushkin in a historical movie Michman Panin (1960) directed by Mikhail Shvejtser.

Simultaneously, Kuravlyov acted in Vasiliy Shukshin's degree work Iz Lebyazhego soobshchayut (1960). That same year, Kuravlyov graduated from VGIK and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. From that moment on, Leonid Kuravlyov played a few leading parts and incidental characters in a few movies.

1961

In 1961, Kuravlyov starred in a famous Soviet melodrama When the Trees Were Tall (1962) with Yuriy Nikulin playing the leading part. Actor and film director Vasiliy Shukshin is considered to have been the one to widely introduce Leonid Kuravlyov to the general public.

1962

Has two children with Nina Kuravlyova: daughter Ekaterina Kuravlyova (born in 1962), son Vasily Kuravlyov (born in 1978).

1964

In 1964, he shot two films - Zhivyot takoy paren (1964) and Vash syn i brat (1966) - both starring Leonid Kuravlyov. Vasiliy Shukshin liked Kuravlyov's acting in these two movies so much that he would constantly offer him different roles in many of his projects. Kuravlyov, however, turned down each one of them because he did not wish to play clichéd characters.

1967

Kuravlyov's other notable films of this period include one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967) adaptation of Nikolay Gogol's novell directed by Georgiy Kropachyov, where he played young seminarist Khoma Brutus, and a psychological melodrama Nepodsuden (1969) directed by Vladimir Krasnopolskiy and Valeriy Uskov, where he played the negative character Sorokin.

1968

The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Shvejtser's comedy The Golden Calf (1968) based on Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov's eponymous book was the next step in Leonid Kuravlyov's acting career, in which he managed to create an unforgettable sparkling image of a naive petty thief.

1970

In the early 1970s, Leonid Kuravlyov would star in three to four films a year.

1973

He managed to play completely opposite characters like Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin's Robinson Crusoe (1973), Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny (1973), and Lavr Mironych in Pyotr Todorovskiy's Poslednyaya zhertva (1976).

Even though Kuravlyov is very good at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known and mostly loved for his comic appearances in movies like Leonid Gaidai's Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973), where Kuravlyov played a thief named George Miloslavsky, who accidentally got teleported to the times of Ivan the Terrible. Interestingly enough, Andrey Mironov also tried out for this role, but Leonid Gaidai decided in Kuravlyov's favor.

1975

In 1975, Leonid Kuravlyov starred in one his most famous comedies Afonya (1975), directed by Georgiy Daneliya. Kuravlyov played a very atypical character - a plumber named Afonya Borshchyov, who takes bribes, often gets into trouble, abuses alcohol, quarrels with his superiors at work, and doesn't really know what to do with his life. And then suddenly, one of his neighborhood "female clients" falls in love with him. . . About 62,2 mln.

people went to see Afonya during its first year on cinema screens, making it an unconditional Soviet box-office leader of 1975.

1979

In 1979, Leonid Kuravlyov played a very short role of a thief named Kopchyoniy in Stanislav Govorukhin's cult series Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya (1979). The actor masterfully created an accomplished and amazingly credible image of an experienced criminal in just a matter of minutes.

1980

During the 1980s, Leonid Kuravlyov starred in a number of memorable movies, such as Damy priglashayut kavalerov (1981), Ishchite zhenshchinu (1983), Demidovy (1984), TASS upolnomochen zayavit. . .

1984

(1984), Samaya obayatelnaya i privlekatelnaya (1985), Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Dvadtsatyy vek nachinaetsya (1987) and many others.

1990

The 1990s were not the best times for the Russian cinema in general and most of the released movies were mediocre and low-grade. During this period, many actors were forced to star in low-quality films just to make ends meet, and Leonid Kuravlyov was not an exception.

1995

Perhaps, his role in a movie called Lady Into Lassie (1995) is the only one worth mentioning.

2002

In 2002 he starred in Russian mini-TV series Law of the Lawless (2002) as an MVD general.