Leonid Obolensky was born on 21 January 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 17 November 1991 in Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].