One of the most popular leading Russia - Leonid Yakubovich. The biography of the actor and showman is full of different events. The article summarizes his life story and interesting facts.
At dawn
Little Lenya was born on 07/31/45 in Moscow. Father, Arkady Yakubovich, was the head of the design bureau. Mother, Rimma Schenker, worked as a gynecologist.
The boy received a strict upbringing. The father did not even check the diary, believing that study is a personal affair of his son. Lenya did not meet with yard hooligans, he studied well, and treated his parents with respect.
Despite exemplary behavior, he was expelled from school in the 8th grade ... for absenteeism. In fact, Leonid Yakubovich and his friend went to work in Siberia. Here he worked as a "bait". He sat in his underpants, covered with mosquito creams, in a forest on a stump and wrote down in a notebook when and in what place a mosquito bit him. So scientists on volunteers tested the effectiveness of creams against mosquitoes.
The unlucky student still graduated from evening school. He faced the choice of a profession.
Which way to choose?
Back in the 6th grade, Leonid Yakubovich, whose biography is described in the article, developed acting. He played the role of the jester in the school play "Twelfth Night" and it was then that he realized that his calling was film and television. Therefore, immediately after school, Leonid Yakubovich entered immediately in 3 metropolitan theater universities.
Parents considered it frivolous. “It will be a whim,” they were sure. Father put the young man before the fact: he should get a real profession, and only after that go to the theater. Therefore, the young man entered the Institute of Electrical Engineering. But nature prevailed, and he began to play in the student Theater of Miniatures.
Later, the hero of the article was transferred to MISI them. Kuibyshev. The reason is not the best quality of education, but an excellent KVN team, in which Lenya began to participate.
Together with the team, he traveled a lot around the country. On one of my trips I met Galina, the soloist of Gorozhanka. The young people got married, and in 1973 the couple had a son, Artyom.
It is known that this was the second attempt to establish family life. The first wife of Leonid Yakubovich - Paradise, a student of vocational school - broke his heart with a classmate.
After graduation, Lenya worked at the factory, but in 1980 he finally chose creativity as his fate.
Creative flight
Leonid Yakubovich tried to write as a student. In 1980 he was admitted to the trade union committee of Moscow playwrights. To date, more than 300 works have come out of his pen. He wrote for variety artists - Vinokur, Petrosyan, Vainarovsky and other stars. He was the author of the scripts of the popular TV shows “Wider Circle”, “We Need Victory As Air”, “Earth Gravity”, “Parade of Parodists”, “From Olympus to Luzhniki”, “Track Stitches”, “Pivot Point”, children's humorous magazine “ Jumble "and many others loved by the viewer.
His famous plays are Tutti, Ku-ku, Man, and The Haunted Hotel. In 1988, he wrote a successful script for the first Moscow beauty contest. He took part in the creation of the Guess-ka program.
When glory came
Today, almost every resident of Russia and neighboring countries knows who Leonid Yakubovich is. "Field of Miracles" is a television show that brought him fame and popular love.
The artist was invited to this program in 1991. Since then, for almost a quarter of a century, she has been her permanent leader. The program has the highest ratings over the years. Such survivability, coupled with incredible popularity - a unique record on television.
The presenter Yakubovich brought to the TV show "Field of Miracles", which is an analogue of the American "Wheel of Fortune", such novelties as a black box, two caskets, a program museum. The latest innovation appeared because almost all participants wanted to give souvenirs to their beloved host. The culinary gifts were immediately eaten by the film crew and artists, but Leonid Yakubovich decided to store other gifts, such as a fire suit or a painting by a local artist, in a special museum.
In addition to the "Field of Miracles", the artist was the host of such programs as "Analyzes of the Week", "Wheel of History", "Dikanka", "Weak Link", "Wash for a Million", "The Last 24 Hours", "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" . Since 2000, is a member of the Major League of KVN.
Since 1980, he starred in almost 30 films and even in several commercials.
Yakubovich has many awards and titles.
Personal life
The third wife of Leonid Yakubovich, Marina, worked with him in the television company VID. She is 18 years younger than the hero of the article. In 1998, they had a daughter, Varvara, and only 2 years later Yakubovich became a grandfather. Granddaughter Sofia was given to him by the wife of his eldest son Artem from his second marriage.
Ex-wife Galina in an interview said that they do not maintain relations with her ex-husband. She also complained that his father Leonid was not very caring. In addition to being busy at work, he always had a lot of friends, was professionally engaged in aviation, collected reference books and coins, was fond of billiards, skiing, and preference. He went sailing, parachuting, sailing in a submarine, got the thrill of water skiing, took part in motor races on the African safari. He cooks great. So many things to do! When was your son?
In his new family, Yakubovich also established interesting rules: he lives in a Moscow apartment, and his wife and daughter in a country house. And no one bothers anyone ...