Elena Borisovna Dobronravova was a Soviet and Russian actress. Born in Moscow in the family of artists of the Moscow Art Theatre Boris Dobronravov and Maria Yulievna Dobronravova. She studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School at the Moscow Art Theatre named after Maxim Gorky. In 1954 she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. After education Dobronravova joined the troupe of the Vakhtangov Academic Theater.