Career
After graduating from Vakhtangov Theatre in the 1930s he had a stage career spanning four decades. Yet he was more noticed by his occasional appearances in films and animation series, such as the award-winning Winnie-the-Pooh trilogy. Osenev was made an Honored Artist of Russia in 1956 and People"s Artist of Russia in 1969.
Osenev considered himself a serious actor and first despised the "childish" text of narrator in Winnie-the-Pooh, but changed his attitude after seeing the final result.