Graphic artist Elena Ulyanova, born in the family of People’s Artist of the USSR, artistic director of the Vakhtangov Theater Mikhail Ulyanov and Honored Artist of Russia Alla Parfanyak, died at the age of 64. This was reported by the press service of the theater. telegram channel.
telegram channel Shot He reported that Ulyanova’s body was found in her apartment on Bolshaya Bronnaya. According to preliminary data, the cause of death was heart problems.
Oppression mk.ru He learned that Ulyanova’s friend could not reach him by phone for two days. This fact began to worry her, because lately the woman had been suffering from severe pain in her legs, so she rarely left the house. The victim’s friend contacted the doorman and asked him to open the door to check if everything was okay. When the employee entered the apartment, he saw Ulyanova, who showed no signs of life. According to preliminary data, the death occurred more than a day ago. The exact causes of the incident have not yet been determined, but investigators believe the death was not criminal in nature.
“I grew up behind the scenes of the theater”
While chatting with broadcast “Paragraph” People’s Artist of Russia Evgeny Knyazev said that he did not expect Ulyanova’s death because she was not sick: “Lena was a modest person. To me, the incident in which he died is incredible. “It’s very difficult, I’m amazed.”
Vakhtangov Theater Director Kirill Krok said that Ulyanova continued to maintain contact with the theater after the death of her father. He told Mk.ru that shortly before her death, Elena donated the furniture from the People’s Artist’s office to the theater.
“Elena Mikhailovna grew up behind the scenes of the theater. “Even though Mikhail Ulyanov passed away, he continued his human relations with us and donated his personal archive, personal office and all his personal belongings, which are exhibited in our museum area,” he said.
On the 100th anniversary of the Vakhtangov Theater, Ulyanova also donated her father’s personal belongings and the furniture of her home office for display, but kept them untouchable for many years. He always attended premieres and evenings of the theater, even went on tour with the artists to his father’s small hometown of Omsk. In 2018, together with the theater, he opened a monument to Mikhail Ulyanov in the city, and in May 2023 he helped open the Vakhtangov House in Vladikavkaz.
Ulyanova collaborated with the newspaper “Arguments and Facts”; She created her own engravings – metal engravings – for the publication. The woman exhibited her works in Russia and abroad. She also founded a foundation dedicated to the memory of her father and became its president.
Ulyanova family
Elena has a daughter from her marriage with Sergei Markov, the son of a famous Russian poet. The couple met shortly after graduation. They married in 1982 and had a child two years later. Doctors discovered that the girl had a congenital heart defect. Later, grandfather Mikhail Ulyanov received permission from Gorbachev to take his grandson abroad to receive treatment there. In another country, the girl underwent surgery and thanks to this, she now lives a full life.
According to Mk.ru, at the time of Ulyanova’s death, her daughter and grandchildren were on vacation abroad.
The artist’s father, Mikhail Ulyanov, was a Russian and Soviet actor. He is best known for his role as Ivan Afonin in the movie “Voroshilovsky Shooter”. Ulyanov agreed to act in the film due to financial and living conditions, moreover, he, like the hero of the film, had a growing grandchild, which he was very worried about.
The actor died in 2007 at the age of 79 due to kidney problems that developed as a result of cancer. Ulyanov married actress Alla Parfanyak, known for the movie “Heavenly Slug”. Shortly after her husband’s death, the artist suffered a stroke, fell into a coma and died two years later.