Nikolai Gritsenko
Nikolai Gritsenko | |
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Николай Гриценко | |
| Born | July 24 1912 [O.S. July 11] Yasynuvata, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) |
| Died | December 8, 1979 (aged 67) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Other names | Mykola Hrytsenko |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1979 |
Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko or Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko (July 24 1912 [O.S. July 11] – December 8, 1979) was a Soviet theater and film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Moscow. 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.