Occupation Actress Parents Trofim Prokhorenko Role Actress | Name Zhanna Prokhorenko Years active 1959–2002 Children Ekaterina Vasilyeva | |
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Full Name Zhanneta Trofymovna Prokhorenko Spouse Artur Makarov (m. ?–1995), Yevgeni Vasilyev Movies Ballad of a Soldier, Balzaminov's Marriage, Attack and Retreat, TASS Is Authorized to Declar, The Witches Cave Similar People Vladimir Ivashov, Artur Makarov, Grigory Chukhray, Tamara Makarova, Sergei Gerasimov | ||
Актриса: Жанна Прохоренко
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.
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Life/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".
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.
Death
She died in Moscow on 1 August 2011, aged 71, from undisclosed causes.
