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Zhanna Prokhorenko

Zhanna Prokhorenko

Actor

Born May 11, 1940 in Poltava, USSR (Ukraine)

Died August 1, 2011

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Biography

Zhanna Prokhorenko was born on May 11, 1940, in Poltava, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union (now Ukraine). Her father, Trofim Prokhorenko, an Air Force officer, died in World War II when she was just one year old. Raised by her single mother, she attended school in Leningrad and studied acting at the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers' acting studio. There, she was discovered by the Moscow Art Theatre and relocated to Moscow. At nineteen, director Grigoriy Chukhray cast her in Ballad of a Soldier (1959) alongside Vladimir Ivashov. The film won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, propelling Prokhorenko to international recognition. In 1960, she toured the United States to present the film. During this time, the Moscow Art Theatre enforced a strict policy against stage actors transitioning to film, resulting in her dismissal. She then studied under Sergey Gerasimov at the Soviet State Institute of Cinema (VGIK), graduating in 1964 as a film actress.

Prokhorenko was married twice. Her first husband was director Evgeniy Vasilev; they had a daughter, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, and a granddaughter, Maryana Spivak. Her second husband, writer Artur Makarov, was murdered by burglars in their luxurious Moscow apartment in 1995 while she was away. The perpetrator was never identified. Following this tragedy, Prokhorenko suffered from depression and withdrew to a small village outside Moscow. She passed away from a chronic illness on August 1, 2011, in a Moscow hospital and was buried at Khovanskoe Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.

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Filmography

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Mesto pod solncem Poster

Mesto pod solncem TV Series2004Gleb's mother

Streets of Broken Lights Poster

Streets of Broken Lights TV Series19991 episode, 1997

Net chuzhoy zemli Poster

Net chuzhoy zemli TV Movie1990Yelena Bestuzheva

Podzemelye vedm Poster

Podzemelye vedm Feature Film1990A Doctor

Vkhod v labirint Poster

Vkhod v labirint Mini-Series1990Anna Pozdnyakova

Kole Sharlotty Poster

Kole Sharlotty TV Movie1984

Petlya Mini-Series1984Anna Mukhina

TASS upolnomochen zayavit... Poster

TASS upolnomochen zayavit... Mini-Series1984Paramonova

Two Versions of One Collision Poster

Two Versions of One Collision Feature Film1984Ekaterina Semenovna Kravchenko

My zhili po sosedstvu Poster

My zhili po sosedstvu Feature Film1982

Koney na pereprave ne menyayut Poster

Koney na pereprave ne menyayut Feature Film1981zhena Malysheva

Oni byli aktyorami Poster

Oni byli aktyorami Feature Film1981

Ty dolzhen zhit Poster

Ty dolzhen zhit Feature Film1981

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Lyalka-Ruslan i ego drug Sanka TV Movie1980

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Vasil Kikvidze Feature Film1980Mariya Chernikova

Blizkaya dal Poster

Blizkaya dal Feature Film1979Anna Talnikova

Na novom meste Poster

Na novom meste Feature Film1979Anna

Priyezzhaya Poster

Priyezzhaya Feature Film1978Mariya Nesterova

Zolotaya mina Poster

Zolotaya mina Feature Film1978Lidiya Brunova

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Polkovnik v otstavke Feature Film1977Marina Danilova

Strakh vysoty Poster

Strakh vysoty Feature Film1976Irina Tikhomirova

From Dawn Till Sunset Poster

From Dawn Till Sunset Feature Film1975Nadezhda Rozhnova

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Sokolovo Feature Film1975Sestra vesnicanky

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Otkrytiye Feature Film1974Anka

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The Red Snowball Tree Feature Film1974Sledovatel

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Dver bez zamka Feature Film1973Dasha

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Tsimbireli papa Feature Film1973Nastya Safronova

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Antratsit Feature Film1972Lava Mironova

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Nakovalnya ili chuk Feature Film1972Lyuba

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Smertnyy vrag Feature Film1972Anna Yashchurova

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Tochka, tochka, zapyataya... Feature Film1972Teacher

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Yesli ty muzhchina... Feature Film1972Anna Petrovna

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Lyubov Serafima Frolova Feature Film1969Mariya

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One Chance in a Thousand Feature Film1969Nina

Proisshestviye, kotorogo nikto ne zametil Poster

Proisshestviye, kotorogo nikto ne zametil Feature Film1968Nastya

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Dyadushkin son Feature Film1967Zinaida - doch Marii

Proshchay Poster

Proshchay Feature Film1967Lyuba

Dvadtsat let spustya Poster

Dvadtsat let spustya Feature Film1965Dunya

Idu na grozu Poster

Idu na grozu Feature Film1965Lena

Palata Feature Film1965Medsestra

Pervyy sneg Poster

Pervyy sneg Feature Film1965Maryana

Poyezd miloserdiya Poster

Poyezd miloserdiya Feature Film1965Lena Ogorodnikova - medsestra

Italiani brava gente Poster

Italiani brava gente Feature Film1964Katya

Nepridumannaya istoriya Poster

Nepridumannaya istoriya Feature Film1964Varya

Zhenitba Balzaminova Poster

Zhenitba Balzaminova Feature Film1964Kapochka

A esli eto lyubov? Poster

A esli eto lyubov? Feature Film1962Ksenya

Venskiy les Poster

Venskiy les Short Film1962Katja

Ballad of a Soldier Poster

Ballad of a Soldier Feature Film1959Shura

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