Leonid Mironovich Leonidov (, – 6 August 1941) was a Russian and Soviet actor, director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Biography Born Leonid Meyerovich Volfenzon () in a Jewish family in Odessa, he worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1903. His roles included Dmitri Karamazov, Othello, Lopakhin. In 1920s and 1930s he also appeared in several films. Konstantin Stanislavski called him "the only Russian tragic actor." Leonidov was honored with People's Artist of the USSR in 1936. Filmography The Iron Heel (1919) The Wings of a Serf (1926) His Excellency (1927) Marionettes (1934) References External links Leonid Leonidov at Peoples 1873 births 1941 deaths 20th-century Russian male actors Actors from Odesa Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Male actors from the Russian Empire Russian drama teachers Russian male film actors Russian male silent film actors Russian male stage actors Russian theatre directors Soviet drama teachers Soviet male film actors Soviet male silent film actors Soviet male stage actors Soviet theatre directors Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery