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Iosif Kobzon(1937-2018)

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  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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Iosif Kobzon was born on 11 September 1937 in Chasov Yar, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Za spichkami (1980), Ne boysya, ya s toboy (1981) and Oni byli aktyorami (1981). He was married to Ninel Kobzon, Lyudmila Gurchenko and Veronika Kruglova. He died on 30 August 2018 in Moscow, Russia.
BornSeptember 11, 1937
DiedAugust 30, 2018(80)
BornSeptember 11, 1937
DiedAugust 30, 2018(80)
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Evgeniy Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, and Georgiy Vitsin in Za spichkami (1980)
Za spichkami
6.8
  • Music Department(Russian)
  • 1980
Polad Bülbüloghlu, Lev Durov, Mukhtar-bek Kantemirov, and Sergey Yurskiy in Ne boysya, ya s toboy (1981)
Ne boysya, ya s toboy
7.5
TV Movie
  • Music Department(as I. Kobzon)
  • 1981
Oni byli aktyorami (1981)
Oni byli aktyorami
6.1
  • Music Department
  • 1981
Nu crede tipatului pasarii de noapte (1977)
Nu crede tipatului pasarii de noapte
  • Music Department
  • 1977

Credits

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  • Yan Khviler, Elena Solovey, and Aleksandr Vasilyev in Bez semyi (1984)
    Bez semyi
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • singing voice
    • 1984
  • Oni byli aktyorami (1981)
    Oni byli aktyorami
    6.1
    • singer
    • 1981
  • Polad Bülbüloghlu, Lev Durov, Mukhtar-bek Kantemirov, and Sergey Yurskiy in Ne boysya, ya s toboy (1981)
    Ne boysya, ya s toboy
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • vocals (as I. Kobzon)
    • 1981
  • Evgeniy Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, and Georgiy Vitsin in Za spichkami (1980)
    Za spichkami
    6.8
    • vocals: Russian
    • 1980
  • Nu crede tipatului pasarii de noapte (1977)
    Nu crede tipatului pasarii de noapte
    • playback singer
    • 1977
  • Zhizn i smert Ferdinanda Lyusa (1976)
    Zhizn i smert Ferdinanda Lyusa
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • vocals
    • 1977
  • Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
    Seventeen Moments of Spring
    8.7
    TV Series
    • vocals
    • 1973

Actor



  • Vasiliy Vakulenko, Aleksey Dolmatov, and Murassa Urshanova in GazGolder (2014)
    GazGolder
    2.6
    • Iosif Kobzon (uncredited)
    • 2014
  • Yuriy Nikolaev and Dmitriy Shepelev in DOstoyanie Respubliki (2009)
    DOstoyanie Respubliki
    TV Series
    • 2009–2016
  • Amnistiya ot prezidenta
    TV Movie
    • 2008
  • Nasledstvo (1985)
    Nasledstvo
    5.2
    • 1985
  • Leonid Kuravlyov and Irina Muravyova in My, nizhepodpisavshiyesya (1981)
    My, nizhepodpisavshiyesya
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Iosif Kobzon
    • 1981
  • Koshka na radiatore (1977)
    Koshka na radiatore
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • (singing voice)
    • 1977
  • At War as at War (1969)
    At War as at War
    7.9
    • (singing voice)
    • 1969

Soundtrack



  • Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan in Parazity (2020)
    Parazity
    8.4
    Short
    • performer: "Pesnya chekistov"
    • 2020
  • Golos (2012)
    Golos
    5.2
    TV Series
    • performer: "Nadezhda"
    • 2012
  • Pesnya goda 2009 (2010)
    Pesnya goda 2009
    8.1
    TV Special
    • performer: "Zhenshchiny Rossii"
    • 2010
  • Pesnya goda 2008 (2009)
    Pesnya goda 2008
    4.6
    TV Special
    • performer: "Eshche tsvetet chereshnya"
    • 2009
  • Ekaterina Andreeva and Igor Kirillov in Vremya (1968)
    Vremya
    3.5
    TV Series
    • performer: "Poka ne pozdno"
    • 1985
  • Tatyana Bozhok, Valeriy Khromushkin, and Georgi Zhzhyonov in Vorota v nebo (1984)
    Vorota v nebo
    5.7
    • performer: "Dykhanie pobedy"
    • 1984
  • Polad Bülbüloghlu, Lev Durov, Mukhtar-bek Kantemirov, and Sergey Yurskiy in Ne boysya, ya s toboy (1981)
    Ne boysya, ya s toboy
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Dobro vsegda k dobru", "Ne izmenyay sebe"
    • 1981
  • Evgeniy Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, and Georgiy Vitsin in Za spichkami (1980)
    Za spichkami
    6.8
    • performer: "Oblaka"
    • 1980
  • Ballada o sporte (1979)
    Ballada o sporte
    6.3
    • performer: "Marafon"
    • 1979
  • I snova Aniskin (1978)
    I snova Aniskin
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Pozyvnye"
    • 1978
  • Zhizn i smert Ferdinanda Lyusa (1976)
    Zhizn i smert Ferdinanda Lyusa
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "Belyy parus razluki"
    • 1977
  • Vera Alentova, Gennadiy Frolov, Dmitri Krechetov, Aleksandr Lazarev, Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Lyusena Ovchinnikova, and Alla Pokrovskaya in Takaya korotkaya dolgaya zhizn (1975)
    Takaya korotkaya dolgaya zhizn
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "Takaya korotkaya dolgaya zhizn"
    • 1975
  • Natalya Gvozdikova, Vitali Rosstalnoy, and Evgeniy Zharikov in Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey (1974)
    Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "Ty poymi menya, rodnaya"
    • 1974
  • Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973)
    Seventeen Moments of Spring
    8.7
    TV Series
    • performer: "Mgnoveniya", "Pesnya o dalyokoy Rodine" (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh (1968)
    Novye priklyucheniya neulovimykh
    7.2
    • performer: "Pogonya"
    • 1968

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    • I. Kobzon
  • Born
    • September 11, 1937
    • Chasov Yar, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • August 30, 2018
    • Moscow, Russia(prostate cancer)
  • Spouses
      Ninel KobzonNovember 3, 1971 - August 30, 2018 (his death, 2 children)
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    • 2 Articles

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    He and his third wife (now widow) Ninel Kobzon had two children and seven grandchildren together. Their oldest child, a son Andrey Kobzon (b. January 1, 1974), has three children: two daughters Polina (b. 1999) and Anita (b. 2001), and one son, Mikhail (b. 2008). Their youngest child, a daughter Natalya Rappoport (née Kobzon; b. December 7, 1976), has four children: three daughters, Idel (b. 1999), Michelle (b. 2000) and Ornella-Maria (b. 2004), and one son Alen-Joseph (b. 2010).

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