Leonid Leonidov was born on June 3, 1873 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire as Leonid Mironovich Volfenzon. He was an actor, known for Seeds of Freedom (1928), Gobseck (1937) and Krylya kholopa (1926). He died on August 6, 1941 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.