 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - A bi Vasily Livanov sinu idile olokiki ti itage kan. Baba nla rẹ Nikolai Alexandrovich Livanov 18741949 jẹ Volga Cossack lati Simbirsk ti o gbe lọ si Moscow ni ọdun 1905 o si ṣe ni Struysky Theatre labẹ orukọ apani ti Izvolsky; lẹhin iṣọtẹ : ó ṣiṣẹ ní ilé sinimá Mossovet àti Lenkom. Baba Vasily Boris Livanov 1904-1972 tun jẹ oṣere olokiki ati oludari ipele ti o ṣiṣẹ ni Moscow Art Theatre ni gbogbo igbesi aye rẹ, lakoko ti iya rẹ Eugenia Kazimirovna Livanova née Prawdzic-Filipowicz 1907-1978 jẹ oṣere ti o jẹ ti szlachta Polandi. 