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==