Yevgeni Lebedev

Yevgeni Alekseyevich Lebedev (Евгeний Алeксeeвич Лeбeдeв; January 15, 1917, Balakovo – June 9, 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1968) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1987).

Biography
Yevgeni Lebedev was born in Balakovo (now — Saratov Oblast), in the family of a priest, and later was forced to hide his origin.

Family
Wife — Natela Tovstonogova (1926-2013), a sister of Georgy Tovstonogov.

Son — Aleksey Lebedev (born 1952), a film director.

Partial filmography

 * Rimsky-Korsakov (1953) as Kashchey the Deathless in opera (uncredited)
 * Unfinished Story (1955) as Fyodor Ivanovich
 * Two Captains (1956) as Romashov
 * Virgin Soil Upturned (1960) as Agafon Dubtsov
 * Going Inside a Storm (1966) as Agatov
 * Wedding in Malinovka (1967) as Nechipor
 * An Incident that no one noticed (1967) as Yakov Alexeyevich
 * No Path Through Fire (1968) as colonel
 * Straight Line (1968) as Neslezkin
 * Subject for a Short Story (1969) as Pavel Yegorovich Chekhov
 * Strange People (1970) (segment "Rokovoj vystrel")
 * Crime and Punishment (1970) as Marmeladov
 * The Beginning (1970) as Cauchon
 * Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase (1970) as children's doctor
 * Interrogation (1979) as cellmate
 * Centaurs (1979) as General Pin
 * Life Is Beautiful (1979) as Rostao
 * Squadron of Flying Hussars (1981) as Mikhail Kutuzov
 * Farewell of Slavianka (1985) as Semyon Protasovich
 * Sikimoku (1993) as Kseniya Ivanovna Nekrasova, old woman
 * To whom will God send (1994) (final film role)

Awards and honors

 * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1953)
 * People's Artist of the RSFSR (1962)
 * People's Artist of the USSR (1968)
 * Hero of Socialist Labour (1987)
 * Two Orders of Lenin (1971, 1987)
 * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1997)
 * Medal For the Defence of the Caucasus (1945)
 * Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 (1945)
 * Medal In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad (1957)
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1977)
 * Badge For services to Polish culture (1979)
 * Medal "Veteran of Labour" (1984)
 * Lenin Prize (1986)
 * Stalin Prize first-degree (1950)
 * USSR State Prize (1968)
 * Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1980)
 * The prize Golden Nymph International Festival in Monte Carlo (1977)
 * The award of the KGB of the USSR in the field of literature and art of I degree (1984)
 * Award St. Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak For outstanding achievements in the development of culture (1994)
 * Highest theater prize Saint-Petersburg Gold spotlights - special prize For creative longevity and unique contribution to the theatrical culture (1996) [10]
 * Mar del Plata International Film Festival for Best Actor (1966)
 * Honorary Citizen of Balakovo (1987)
 * Honorary citizen of Tbilisi (1992)
 * Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (1996)