The famous Soviet and Russian actress, pop singer Zinaida Kiriyenko died on February 12, 2022 at the age of 88. The cause of death is not specified, but it is known that the day before she was hospitalized with COVID-19.
The corresponding sad news is written Russian media. Read more about what is known about the actress.
Zinaida Kirienko was born on July 9, 1933 in Makhachkala (USSR). Her mother initially wanted to name her daughter Aida, but her father simplified the name when registering with the registry office.
The actress studied at VGIK (Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography), which she graduated in 1959. By the way, her classmates were Lyudmila Gurchenko, Natalia Fateeva and Vitaly Matveev.
After graduation, she was an actress at the Pushkin Moscow Drama Theater, and also worked at the Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
She gained the greatest fame thanks to her roles in the films “Quiet Flows the Don”, “The Fate of a Man”, “Two Captains”. She also played in the films “Poem of the Sea” (1958), “The Fate of a Man” (1959), “Meet Baluev!” (1963), “The Cure for Fear” (1978) and many others.
