The key facts
- Leonid Udalov died at 65 — his death was confirmed by people close to the actor
- He appeared in The Demons (1992) and Moscow Love (1991), and from 2019 served at Mosobldrama
- In the first week of November, Alexei Durov (86) and Vladimir Grigoryev (74) also died
The Death of Leonid Udalov
On November 8, it was reported that Leonid Udalov, an actor of the Moscow Regional Drama and Comedy Theatre, had died. He was 65 years old. TASS reported the artist's death, and it was confirmed by people close to Udalov RIA Novosti: Gazeta.Ru noted that the news was being updated at the time of publication, so the cause of death and other details have not yet been disclosed.
His Creative Career
Udalov was born on August 20, 1961, and in 1983 graduated from the M. S. Shchepkin Higher Theatre School, where he studied in the studio of Yuri Solomin, a People's Artist of the USSR. From 2002 he worked at the State Theatre of Cinema Actors, and in 2019 he joined the Mosobldrama company. On stage, the actor played dozens of roles — in productions of
A Hard Week for Russian Theatre
Udalov's death was the third loss among well-known artists in the first days of November. On November 3, it was reported that People's Artist of Russia Alexei Durovhad died on November 2 at the age of 86: he served for more than half a century at the Ulyanovsk Drama Theatre, where he performed in acute heart failure. Grigoryev performed for more than 50 years at the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theatre, which he joined in 1975 while still a GITIS student; among his roles were parts in productions of
