Leonid Gaidai
Film director
1923 – 1993
Photo Credit »
68 Views
Who was Leonid Gaidai?
Leonid Iovich Gaidai was one of the most popular Soviet comedy directors, enjoying immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former USSR & modern Russia. His movies broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Jan 30, 1923
Svobodny - Also known as
- Leonid Iovich Gaidai
- L. Gaidai
- Leonid Gayday
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nina Grebeshkova
(1953/11/01 - 1993/11/19)
- Nina Grebeshkova
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Russian
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Lived in
- Irkutsk
- Died
- Nov 19, 1993
Moscow - Resting place
- Kuntsevo Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Leonid Gaidai." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/leonid_gaidai>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Leonid Gaidai biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In