Nikolai Gritsenko

Nikolai Gritsenko
Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко
Born
Nikolai Olimpiyevich Gritsenko

(1912-07-24)24 July 1912
Yasinovataya, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)
Died8 December 1979(1979-12-08) (aged 67)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
OccupationActor
Years active1937–1979
AwardsPeople's Artist of the USSR (1964); USSR State Prize (1951)

Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko (also known as Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko) (July 24, 1912 – December 8, 1979) was a Soviet actor. He worked in both theater and movies. He acted in more than 30 films between 1942 and 1978.[1]

Gritsenko was part of the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. He was given the titles Honored Artist of the RSFSR and People’s Artist of the USSR, which are awards for important work in the arts.[2]

He died on December 8, 1979, after a conflict with other patients at the hospital where he was staying. He is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.[3]

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. PEOPLES.RU, Alex Kargin. "Николай Гриценко, Биография". PEOPLES.RU (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  3. "Николай Гриценко (Как они умерли)". akter.kulichki.net. Retrieved 2025-06-19.