Nikolai Yeremenko Jr.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Yeremenko Jr. (Belarusian: Мікалай Мікалаевіч Яроменка (малодшы), (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Ерёменко-мла́дший; February 14, 1949, Vitebsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR — May 27, 2001, Moscow, Russia)) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, film director of Belarusian origin. He was awarded People's Artist of Russia in 1994.[1]

Nikolai Yeremenko Jr.
Born
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yeremenko Jr.

(1949-02-14)14 February 1949
Vitebsk, Belorussian SSR, USSR
Died27 May 2001(2001-05-27) (aged 52)
Resting placeEastern Cemetery, Minsk
OccupationActor, film director
Years active1969—2001
TitlePeople's Artist of Russia (1994)
Spouse(s)Vera Titova
AwardsLenin Komsomol Prize (1980)

Biography

Nikolai was born in Vitebsk, in the family of People's Artist of the USSR Nikolai Yeremenko Sr. (1928—2000) and People's Artist of the BSSR Galina Orlova (born 1928).

In 1967, he entered the VGIK (workshop of Sergey Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova), graduated in 1971 and in the same year was admitted to the troupe of the National Film Actors' Theatre; since 1976 an actor of the Gorky Film Studio.

In cinema, Nikolai Yeremenko made his debut in 1969 acting in the film By the Lake by Gerasimov. According to the results of the annual poll of viewers in the magazine Soviet Screen, Nikolai was recognized as the best actor in 1980 for the role of Sergey Sergeyevich in the film Pirates of the 20th Century.

In the 1990s, Yeremenko decided on the director's debut — Son for Father, where he starred with his father. Since 2001, he was the cultural advisor of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow.[2]

Nikolai died in Moscow, at the Botkin Hospital, on May 27, 2001, as a result of a stroke.[3] He was buried on May 31 in Minsk in the Eastern Cemetery, next to his father.[4]

Personal life

He was married to Vera Titova. May 5, 1975. In this marriage, daughter Olga was born. From a civil marriage with Tatyana Maslennikova, his daughter Tatyana (1990) was born.[5]

Selected filmography

Actor
Director
  • Son for Father (1995)
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References

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