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Leonid Gaidai (Leonid Iovich Gaidai) was born on 30 January, 1923 in Svobodny, Amur Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Amur Oblast, Russia], is a director,writer,actor. At 70 years old, Leonid Gaidai height is 6 ft 0 in (183.0 cm).
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Now We discover Leonid Gaidai's Biography, Age, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of net worth at the age of 70 years old?
Popular As |
Leonid Iovich Gaidai |
Occupation |
director,writer,actor |
Leonid Gaidai Age |
70 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
Born |
30 January 1923 |
Birthday |
30 January |
Birthplace |
Svobodny, Amur Governorate, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Amur Oblast, Russia] |
Date of death |
19 November, 1993 |
Died Place |
Moscow, Russia |
Nationality |
Russia] |
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He is a member of famous Director with the age 70 years old group.
Leonid Gaidai Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Leonid Gaidai's Wife?
His wife is Nina Grebeshkova (1 November 1953 - 19 November 1993) ( his death) ( 1 child)
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Wife |
Nina Grebeshkova (1 November 1953 - 19 November 1993) ( his death) ( 1 child) |
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Leonid Gaidai Net Worth
He net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-22. So, how much is Leonid Gaidai worth at the age of 70 years old? Leonid Gaidai’s income source is mostly from being a successful Director. He is from Russia]. We have estimated
Leonid Gaidai's net worth
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Net Worth in 2022 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2022 |
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Net Worth in 2021 |
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Salary in 2021 |
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Source of Income |
Director |
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In a 1995 poll in Russia, 'Brilliantovaya ruka' (1968) was voted the best Russian comedy ever. Financial success did not reach Gaidai personally, he lived in a co-op flat and had the same one car, "Lada", driven by his wife, actress Nina Grebeshkova for many years. She was the fortress behind his success by being a quiet help and never demanding more than they had. She described her husband, Gaidai, as being similar to the popular character 'Shurik' in his films.
During the 1970s and 1980s Gaidai worked with the best comedians of the Soviet cinema, such as Evgeniy Leonov, Leonid Kuravlyov, Archil Gomiashvili, Mikhail Pugovkin, Yuriy Yakovlev and many other renown actors. Alhough the inevitable changes in society during "perestroika" affected the film industry, Gaidai's films still remained on the top. Gaidai's comedies on video even gained popularity after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Gaidai, his wife and their daughter appeared together in cameo roles in the short film On the Way (1961).
In the 1960's Gaidai created the "goldmine" with comedians Yuriy Nikulin, Georgiy Vitsin, Evgeniy Morgunov, and Aleksandr Demyanenko. Comedies with those actors were the highest-grossing box office hits ever in the Soviet Union with the attendance of 222,800,000 in the first 15 months.
Total admissions of the Gaidai's comedies during the 1960's only in the USSR exceeded 600,000,000 without counting the reruns and the international sales.
From 1955 Gaidai was a film director at the Mosfilm Studios under his mentor Mikhail Romm. Gaidai used literary material by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Mikhail Zoschenko, and O. Henry among other writers.
His early films of the 1950's had little success.
From 1949-1955 he studied as film director at State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) under Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Mikhail Romm and Ivan Pyrev.
He graduated in 1947, and was an actor of that theatre until 1949.
In 1943 he was seriously wounded, when he stepped on a land mine. He became physically handicapped and was decorated for his courage. He was discharged with honors as a disabled veteran of WWII. Gaidai went back to Siberian city of Irkutsk, There he studied acting at the Drama Studio of the Irkutsk Drama Theatre.
There Gaidai went to school and graduated in June of 1941.
In 1941, during the Nazi occupation of Russia in the Second World War, Gaidai was drafted in the Red Army. He was assigned to the front-line Army intelligence at the Kalinin Front near Moscow. Because he spoke German, he was involved in clandestine intelligence operations against the Nazi invaders.
In 1930 the family moved to the Siberian city of Irkutsk.
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.