Elsa Ladey

Born February 19, 1933 in Sevastopol. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (03/28/1974). She graduated from the Theater School named after MS. Schepkina (1955). Actress of the Studio Theater actor since 1955. In the cinema since 1955, she acted in the role of Varvara Lopatina in the film “Sea of ​​Ice”. One of the best roles of the actress is Liza, the widow of the disabled person in the film Grigory Chukhrai "The Ballad of a Soldier" (1959). The popularity of the actress brought the role of forensic expert Zinaida Kibrit in the famous television series "Investigators lead the Connoisseurs" (1971-1989). She died on June 12, 2001 in Moscow. She was buried on June 16 at the 11th section of the Khovansky (Central) cemetery next to her husband, Vsevolod Safonov (1926-1992), her husband, People's Artist of the RSFSR.