In May 2017, a great woman passed away, the mother of one of the most popular actors of our time - Vladislav Galkin. A month before the death of Demidova, Elena Petrovna celebrated her 70th birthday. A creative person, screenwriter, production designer and director, she quietly died of cancer in the Pskov region in the company of her daughter Maria. The loss of a 38-year-old son is not the only test that befell her. You are invited to read about life, work and personal drama in this article.
Demidova Elena: biography pages
A woman was born in the post-war 1947, on April 24. Little is known about her. The mother of the star of domestic cinema gave birth to two children - a son and a daughter - from different marriages. Vladislav, born in 1971, was brought up by his grandparents and spent most of his childhood in Zhukovsky near Moscow. Georgy Cherkasov is considered his biological father , but they remember the school by the name Sukhachev. That is how he appeared in the credits of his first film work based on the work of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Vlad started acting at the age of nine, showing extraordinary talent.
Elena Demidova for the third time married Boris Galkin, an actor who perfectly embodied the images of the military on the screen. He not only officially adopted the children, giving them his surname and patronymic, but also really engaged in their education. At school, they remember that in high school at the parents' meetings, it was most often the stepfather of Vladislav who was present. How did Elena Petrovna's career develop?
Creative activity
The woman played in the theater, in 1992, she starred in the episodic role of the film “Remember the smell of lilac ...”, but her cinematic career is more associated with working as a screenwriter and production designer. Once on the set of Matveeva Joy, she met Boris Galkin. It was her lasting marriage, lasting 30 years.
She is also known as a wonderful film expert. Behind the woman's shoulders are 8 serious projects. As an artist, Elena Demidova took part in four films (the last in 2006). The actress did not work out of it, but five scenarios underlying the well-known films came out of the pen. Among them are “The Game”, her first work (1992), and “Truckers 2”, where her famous son was shot.
As a director, Elena Petrovna made her debut in 1995, removing the "Male Mascot", and in 2010 she had to participate in the documentary "It's Hard to Be a Hero ...". This year, a woman lost her beloved son.
Son's death and divorce
The official cause of death of Vlad Galkin is heart failure. But many people remember the persecution of the press preceding this event after, when intoxicated, the actor behaved unworthily in one of the bars in Moscow. And although there was a show trial and a formal apology was brought, it was impossible to appease the journalists. How did Elena Demidova take these events? Galkin’s wife, Boris Sergeevich, as well as the actor’s father, was aware that the breakdown was connected with the hardest work on the film “Kotovsky” and troubles in his personal life. The young man failed to withstand the “public flogging”.
Already at the funeral, it was obvious that the country had lost one of its most talented actors. Parents supported the idea of creating a museum in an apartment on Prechistinka, which the son bought a year before the tragedy. But after the ex-wife Daria Mikhailova sold the apartment, she had to give up her dream.
And in 2013, Elena Demidova survived another blow. Galkin’s wife was left alone. Boris Sergeyevich, who performed romance very well, fell in love with the singer of the chanson, Inna Razumikhina, and left the family. He left his ex-wife an apartment in the central district of the capital. Eyewitnesses say that Elena Petrovna herself pushed him to such a step, distraught with grief.
last years of life
Unbeknownst to the disease, Elena Demidova realized that she could not live on her own. Daughter Masha came from the Pskov region, forced to not work and take care of her sick mother. After some time, she took her to the village of Konnovo, where Elena Petrovna spent her last days and hours. Mother and daughter lived on a single pension and needed support. Until the last minute Elena Demidova received gratitude from the fans of her son, with whom she dreamed of reuniting at the Troekurovsky cemetery.
Boris Galkin took care of all the arrangements for organizing the funeral of his ex-wife. A few years ago, the spouses were separated by the death of their son, but the point in the story of his death was not set for the adoptive father. He is one of those who does not believe in the official version of the death of Vladislav Galkin, believing that in reality there was a murder.