Nikolai Gritsenko | |
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Микола Гриценко | |
Born | Mykola Olimpiyevych Hrytsenko 24 July 1912 |
Died | 8 December 1979 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) | (aged 67)
Nationality | Soviet |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1937–1979 |
Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko or Mykola Hrytsenko (‹See Tfd›Russian: Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко, Ukrainian: Микола Олімпійович Гриценко; 24 July 1912 – 8 December 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]