Roman Kartsev

Roman Andreyevich Kartsev was a Russian entertainer of stage, theater and cinema. He was Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Actor of the Moscow Theater of Miniatures under the leadership of Mikhail Zhvanetsky. For several decades he performed in a duet with Viktor Ilchenko. Roman Kartsev was born in Odessa to Sura-Lea Ruvinovna Fuksman and Antshel Zelmanovich Katz. The maternal grandfather, after whom the artist was named, was a synagogue cantor.