Demidova Elena Petrovna - the mother of Vladislav Galkin

In May 2017, a great woman, the mother of one of the most popular actors of our time - Vladislav Galkin, passed away. A month before Demidov's death, Elena Petrovna celebrated her 70th birthday. Creative personality, screenwriter, art director and director, she quietly died of cancer in the Pskov region in the company of her own daughter Maria. The loss of his 38-year-old son is not the only test that fell to her lot. On the life path, work and personal drama you are invited to read in this article.

Elena Demidova: Biography pages

The woman was born in the post-war 1947, April 24. Little is known about it. Mother of the star of the national cinema gave birth to two children - a son and a daughter - from different marriages. Vladislav, born in 1971, was raised by his grandparents and spent most of his childhood in the Moscow region of Zhukovsky. His biological father is Georgy Cherkasov, but the school remembered by the name of Sukhachev. This is how he appeared in the credits of his first film work on the motives of the work of Mark Twain "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Vlad began to appear at the age of nine, showing extraordinary talent.

Demidova Elena for the third time married Boris Galkin, an actor who superbly embodied on the screen images of the military. He not only officially adopted children, giving them his name and patronymic, but also really engaged in their education. At school they remember that in the senior classes at the parents' meetings, Vladislav's stepfather was most often present. How was Elena Petrovna's career?

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 connected with working as a screenwriter and production designer. Once upon a shooting of the film "Matveeva joy" she met Boris Galkin. It was her most lasting marriage, lasting 30 years.

She is also known as a wonderful film critic. Behind the woman are 8 serious projects. As an artist in four films (the last one in 2006) Elena Demidova took part. The actress did not work out of it, but from the pen came five scenarios, which are the basis of the famous films. Among them, "The Game", her first work (1992), and "Truckers 2", where her famous son was filmed.

As a director, Elena Petrovna made her debut in 1995, taking off the "Male Mascot", and in 2010 she had to take part in the documentary "It's hard to be a hero ...". This year the woman lost her beloved son.

Death of a son and divorce

The official cause of Vlad Galkin's death is heart failure. But many remember the previous harassment of the press after being in a state of alcoholic intoxication, the actor unworthy behaved in one of the bars in Moscow. And although there was a show trial and official apologies were brought, it was impossible to stop journalists. How did Elena Demidova take these events? Galkin's wife, Boris Sergeevich, like the actor's father, was aware that the breakdown was due to the hard work on the film "Kotovsky" and troubles in his personal life. To sustain the "public flogging" the young man failed.

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 his son bought a year before the tragedy. But after the former wife Darya Mikhailova sold the apartment, I had to part with a dream.

And in 2013, another hit survived by Elena Demidova. Galkin's wife was left alone. Boris Sergeevich, himself very well performed romances, fell in love with singer chanson Inna Razumihin and left the family. His former wife left an apartment in the central district of the capital. Eyewitnesses say that Elena Petrovna, who was distraught with grief, pushed him to such a step.

last years of life

Imperceptibly crept up illness, and Demidova Elena realized that she can not live on her own. From the Pskov region came Masha's daughter, forced not to work and take care of a 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 were in dire need of support. Demidova Elena until the last minute received gratitude from the fans of her son, with whom she dreamed of reuniting in the Troekurovsky cemetery.

Boris Galkin took care of organizing the funeral of his ex-wife. Several years ago the couple separated his son's death, but the point in the story with his death for the foster father was never put. He is one of those who do not believe in the official version of the death of Vladislav Galkin, believing that in reality there was a murder.