Oleg Strizhenov
Oleg Strizhenov | |
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Олег Стриженов | |
.jpg) Strizhenov in 2014 | |
| Born | 10 August 1929 |
| Died | 9 February 2025 (aged 95) Moscow, Russia |
Oleg Aleksandrovich Strizhenov (Russian: Олег Александрович Стриженов; 10 August 1929 – 9 February 2025) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.[1]
Biography
[edit]Strizhenov was born in Blagoveshchensk in 1929.[2] His family moved to Moscow in 1935, where he grew up.[3] He completed the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1953 and from 1953 he was actor in the Russian Theater of Drama in Tallinn (in Estonia);[4] from 1954 to 1955, he acted at the Pushkin Theater in Leningrad, and in 1957 he was at the Screen Actors Theater and Studio in Moscow. From 1966 to 1976 he acted at the Moscow Artists' and Actors' Theater.[1]
Career
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Strizhenov became popular after playing the title character, revolutioner Arthur in The Gadfly, based on the novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich. He also starred in films The Mexican, The Forty-First, Pardesi, The Captain's Daughter, White Nights, The Queen of Spades.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Strizhenov was married three times, all of his wives were actresses.[6] His first marriage was to his The Gadfly co-star, Marianna (1924-2004).[7] They were married since 1955 and until 1968.[8] Their daughter, Natalya, died in 2003.[9] They divorced in 1968. Strizhenov married his second wife, actress Lyubov Zemlyanikina (1940-2024), in 1968. The marriage lasted six years.[8] Their child is Russian actor, writer, producer, and director Aleksandr Strizhenov (husband of actress Yekaterina Strizhenova).[1] He married his third wife, Lionella Skirda (born 1938), in 1976.[8] Strizhenov's older brother, Gleb, was also an actor. He was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR and starred with his brother in two films.[10]
Strizhenov died at a Moscow hospital on 9 February 2025, at the age of 95.[3] He was survived by his wife.[2]
Awards
[edit]- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945)[11]
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964)[11]
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969)[11]
- People's Artist of the USSR (1988)[11][12]
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
- Golden Eagle Award (2010)[11]
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"[11]
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[11]
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[11]
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[11]
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[11]
- Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[11]
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[11]
- Medal "Veteran of Labour"[11]
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"[11]
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"[11][15]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Gadfly (1955)[2]
- The Mexican (1955)[2]
- The Forty-First (1956)[2]
- Pardesi (1957)[16]
- The Captain's Daughter (1958)[16]
- White Nights (1959)[2]
- The Queen of Spades (1960)[17]
- Northern Story (1960)[18]
- Optimistic Tragedy (1963)[18]
- Roll Call (1965)[19]
- Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969)[18]
- The Star of Captivating Happiness (1975)[2]
- The Youth of Peter the Great[17]
- Start Liquidation (1983)[20]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. pp. 669–670. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Умер народный артист СССР Олег Стриженов" [People's artist of the USSR Oleg Strizhenov dies]. Radio Free Europe (in Russian). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Умер народный артист СССР Олег Стриженов". РБК (in Russian). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Биография Олег Стриженов". peoples.ru. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Умер в больнице после инфаркта мозга легендарный актер Олег Стриженов" (in Russian).
- ^ Балуева, Анна (11 August 2014). "Лионелла Стриженова: «А просто Олег — настоящий!»". Комсомольская правда. — С. 26. ISBN 978-5-457-79163-3.
- ^ Биография народного артиста СССР Олега Стриженова
- ^ a b c Стриженов Олег Александрович. rbc.ru (in Russian)
- ^ "В возрасте 95 лет умер народный артист Олег Стриженов". Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "По сравнению с братом – все сопляки!". Express Gazeta. Retrieved 16 December 2005.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Олег Стриженов". kino-teatr.ru. Кино-театр.ру. 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Олег Стриженов". spb.aif.ru. АиФ. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Указ президента Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Указ президента Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Олег Стриженов (Советский экран). akter.kulichki.com (in Russian)
- ^ a b "Умер народный артист СССР Олег Стриженов" [People's artist of USSR Oleg Strizhenov dies]. Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Умер народный артист СССР Олег Стриженов". Vedomosti (in Russian). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "Стриженов Олег Александрович" [Strizhenov Oleg Aleksandrovich]. Mosfilm.
- ^ "Князь, картежник, космонавт: такие разные герои Олега Стриженова" [Prince, gambler, cosmonaut: the many heroes of Oleg Strizhenov]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "Олег Стриженов. Из актёров — в художники". spb.aif.ru. АиФ. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
External links
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- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Russian male film actors
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