Lavrenti Masokha was born on August 23, 1909 in Khreshchatik, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Po tonkomu ldu (1966), Two Soldiers (1943) and V mirnye dni (1951). He died on June 20, 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].