Nikolai Gritsenko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Olimpievich and the family name is Gritsenko.

Nikolai Gritsenko
Николай Гриценко
BornJuly 24 1912 [O.S. July 11]
Yasynuvata, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
DiedDecember 8, 1979(1979-12-08) (aged 67)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Other namesMykola Hrytsenko
OccupationActor
Years active1937–1979

Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko[a] or Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko[b] (July 24 1912 [O.S. July 11] – December 8, 1979) was a Soviet theater and film actor.[1] He appeared in more than 30 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Moscow.[2] There he was designated Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People's Artist of the USSR. He died on 8 December 1979 after a "conflict" with patients at a hospital he was staying in, and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.[3]

Partial filmography

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко, romanized: Nikolay Olimpiyevich Gritsenko
  2. ^ Ukrainian: Микола Олімпійович Гриценко, romanized: Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko

References

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 273–274. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Николай Гриценко на сайте Peoples.ru
  3. ^ Николай Гриценко (Как они умерли)
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