Evgeniy Leonov (1926–1994) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor, and a master of film scoring.
He was born on September 2, 1926, in Moscow. In the autumn of 1943, he entered the S. Ordzhonikidze Aviation Instrument Engineering college and participated in amateur artistic activities. In his third year, he left the College and entered the drama department of the Moscow Experimental Theatre Studio at the Moscow Regional Philharmonic, which was headed by R. Zakharov, a ballet master of the Bolshoi Theatre. In 1947, he graduated from the studio and was taken into the Moscow Theatre of the Dzerzhinsky District.
From 1948, he performed on the stage of the Moscow Stanislavsky Drama Theatre. That same year, he began to play in films. He gained popularity after the Striped Voyage film (1961). From 1968, he was an actor at the Moscow Mayakovsky Theatre. E. Leonov is also known for his film scoring in animated films, for example, the role of Winnie-the-Pooh in the series of animated films from 1969–1972.
The commemorative stamp provides a portrait of Evgeniy Leonov; the main image features a scene from the film An Ordinary Miracle (Mosfilm Film Studio, director M. Zakharov, 1978).
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the postal card |
Edition |
| Letter “B” |
Chalk surfaced |
Offset |
105 × 148 mm |
3.3 thousand postcards |