Did you know that his grandmother was born in Ukraine?🧐 It was after the October Revolution that the family left for Germany!🫢 Elena gave birth to the mother of the future Oscar-winning actor in a bomb shelter who named her son after Leonardo da Vinci!😲🥹 Recently, the Titanic actor shared some archival photos of his grandmother which you too can see in this article!👇
This legendary actor was born in Los Angeles. However, only few know that his mother was of Russian and Ukrainian origins. The whole thing is that his grandmother Elena was born in Odessa in southern Ukraine.
Her real name was Yelena Smirnova who was born back in 1915 and left this world in 2008 in Germany leaving the prominent actor and his family literally heartbroken and desperate. She had poor health and passed away in a hospital. As the actor admits, such a big loss hit him hard leaving a forever hole in his heart.
He endlessly loved his grandmother who took a big part in his upbringing. The archive photos where he appeared with the late woman immediately went viral. One thing that warms DiCaprio’s heart is that Yelena managed to see many films where he starred. As he recalls, she was the strongest and the most mentally complete person he had ever met.
