Elza Lezhdey was born on February 19, 1933 in Sevastopol, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Crimea, Ukraine] as Elza Ivanovna Lezhdey. She was an actress, known for Sledstvie vedut znatoki (1971), Poludennyy vor (1985) and Ballad of a Soldier (1959). She was married to Vsevolod Safonov and Vladimir Naumov. She died on June 13, 2001 in Moscow, ...