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Zhanna Prokhorenko

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Birth Date:
11.05.1940
Death date:
01.08.2011
Extra names:
Жанна Прохоренко
Categories:
Actor
Cemetery:
Moskva, Khovanskoye Cemetery

Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trofymovna Prokhorenko (Ukrainian: Жаннета "Жанна" Трофимівна Прохоренко; Russian: Жаннета "Жанна" Трофимовна Прохоренко; 11 May 1940 – 1 August 2011) 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.

Life/career

She was born in Poltava, Ukraine, and grew up in central Ukraine 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".

Marriages

Prokhorenko married twice: Her first husband was film director Evgeniy Vasilyev (Евгений Иванович Васильев), they had one daughter actress Ekaterina Vasiyeva (the mother of Russian actress Mariana Spivak). Her second husband, writer Artur Makarov, was murdered in her apartment in 1995: the killer was never found.

Death

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

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Евгений  ВасильевЕвгений ВасильевHusband31.01.192721.07.2007
        2Артур МакаровАртур МакаровCivilhusband24.06.193103.10.1995
        3Олег  КорчиковОлег КорчиковCoworker02.01.193912.07.2017
        4Heino  MandriHeino MandriCoworker11.09.192203.12.1990
        5Aleksei PetrenkoAleksei PetrenkoCoworker26.03.193822.02.2017
        6Natalia KrachkovskayaNatalia KrachkovskayaCoworker24.11.193803.03.2016
        7Арен РейноАрен РейноCoworker25.12.192716.05.1990
        8Елена ВольскаяЕлена ВольскаяCoworker30.08.192304.04.1998
        9Alexandra  StrelchenkoAlexandra StrelchenkoFamiliar02.02.193702.08.2019
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