Shanna Prokhorenko

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Zhanna Prokhorenko Trofymiwna ( Ukrainian Жанна Трофимівна Прохоренко , Russian Жанна Трофимовна Прохоренко * 11. May 1940 in Poltava , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ; † 1. August 2011 in Moscow , Russia ) was a Russian actress . She starred in around 50 Soviet feature films, including the Soldier's Ballad and The Red Snowball Bush .

life and work

As a student at the Moscow Art Theater , Prokhorenko was discovered by the film director Grigory Chuchrai for his war epic The Ballad of the Soldier . Tschuchrai selected the then 17-year-old on the basis of a photograph and cast her for the role of the modest and fearful Shura , which she later made internationally known. The production won an award at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1960 and was nominated for an Oscar .

After this success she switched to the WGIK film school and studied under Sergei Gerasimow and Tamara Makarowa until 1964 . After the first successes, her film career increasingly stagnated; she was often committed to the role of the simple, dreamy girl and found it difficult to break away from her image. Nevertheless, with increasing acting experience, Prokhorenko matured into a character actress in Soviet film; Occupied several times in film adaptations of Russian literary classics.

In 1988 Shanna Prokhorenko was honored as a People's Artist of the RSFSR .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1959: The Ballad of the Soldier ( Баллада о солдате )
  • 1961: What if that's love? ( А если это любовь? )
  • 1965: who marries whom? ( Женитьба Бальзаминова )
  • 1971: Anthracite ( Антрацит )
  • 1972: To be an anvil or a hammer ( Наковальня или молот )
  • 1973: The Siberian Grandfather // The Commander from the South ( Сибирский дед )
  • 1974: Kalina Krassnaja - Red Elder (Калина красная)
  • 1975: Fear of heights ( Страх высоты )
  • 1976: From Tomorrow - Until Dusk ( От зари до зари )
  • 1976: Near Distance ( Близкая даль )
  • 1977: New ( Приезжая )
  • 1982: We were neighbors ( Мы жили по соседству )

Awards

  • 1988: People's Artist of the Russian SFSR ( Народная артистка РСФСР )
  • Medal "For Heroic Work"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Prokhorenko in Filmspiegel No. 15, 1980, p. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Prokhorenko, Shanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prokhorenko, Shanna Trofymivna (full name); Прохоренко, Жанна Трофимівна (Ukrainian); Прохоренко, Жанна Трофимовна (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION russian actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Poltava , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2011
Place of death Moscow , Russia