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Leonid Gayday (1923–1993)

Director | Writer | Actor

Leonid Iovich Gaidai was born on January 30, 1923, in the town of Svobodny, Amur region of Siberia, USSR. He was the third child in the family of a railroad worker. His father, named Iov Isidorovich Gaidai, was exiled to Siberia from Poltava, Ukraine. His mother, named Maria Ivanovna Lubimova, came from the Russian city of Ryazan... See full bio »

Born:

Leonid Iovich Gaidai
in Svobodny, Amur Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Amur Oblast, Russia]

Died:

(age 70) in Moscow, Russia

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1992 Na Deribasovskoy khoroshaya pogoda, ili na Brayton Bich opyat idut dozhdi
Crazy man in casino (uncredited)
 
1971 Twelve Chairs
Varfolomey Korobeynikov
 
1958 Veter
 
1955 Lyana
 
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2009 No Love in the City ("Razgovor so schastem")
 
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1978 Po ulitsam komod vodili... (artistic supervisor)
 
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1973 Gift for the Single Woman (story artistic supervisor)
 
1955 Lyana (assistant director)
 
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Alternate Names:

L. Gaidai

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Star Sign:

Aquarius