Yefim Kamenetsky，Efim Kamenetsky was born on July 27, 1935, in Penza, Russia, USSR (now Penza, Russia). In 1958 he graduated from State Pedagogical Institute as an actor and teacher. From 1960-1968 he was an actor in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. From 1969-1986 Kamenetsky was a permanent member of the Leningrad Theatre of Lensovet under directorship of Igor Vladimirov.