Leonid Obolensky was born on January 21, 1902 in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for
Torgovtzy slavoj (1929),
Albidum (1928) and
Kirpichiki (1925). He died on November 17, 1991 in Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].