Zhanna Prokhorenko

Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trokhymivna Prokhorenko (Ukrainian: Жаннета "Жанна" Трохимівна Прохоренко; Russian: Жаннета "Жанна" Трофимовна Прохоренко / Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trofimovna Prokhorenko; 11 May 1940 – 1 August 2011)[1] was a Soviet and Russian actress, best known to European and North American audiences for her role in Grigori Chukhrai's 1959 film, Ballad of a Soldier.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Trokhymivna and the family name is Prokhorenko.
Zhanna Prokhorenko
Zhanna Prokhorenko and co-star Vladimir Ivashov in Ballad of a Soldier
Born
Жаннета Трохимівна Прохоренко
Zhanneta Trokhymivna Prokhorenko

(1940-05-11)11 May 1940
Poltava, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died1 August 2011(2011-08-01) (aged 71)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materGerasimov Institute of Cinematography
OccupationActress
Years active1959–2002
Notable work
Ballad of a Soldier
Spouse(s)Evgeniy Vasilyev
(divorced, 1 child)
Artur Makarov
(?－1995, his death)
Children1

Life and career

She was born in Poltava, Ukraine, and grew up in central Ukraine inside the Prokofiev house, before she and her family moved to Leningrad. She graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1964. She was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1988. She was also a recipient of the Order of the Badge of Honour and of the Medal "For Labour Valour". Her granddaughter is actress Maryana Spivak.[2]

Marriages

Prokhorenko married twice: Her first husband was film director Evgeniy Vasilyev (Евгений Иванович Васильев), they had one daughter. Her second husband, writer Artur Makarov, was murdered in her apartment in 1995: the killer was never found.[3]

Death

She died in Moscow on 1 August 2011, aged 71, from undisclosed causes.

Selected filmography

References
  1. Death notice (Russian). Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. "Марьяна Спивак о "Нелюбви" в кино и любви в жизни". Hello! (in Russian). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. "Murder of the cinematographer". Rus News Journal. Retrieved 28 August 2015.


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