Oleg Strizhenov

Strizhenov was born in Blagoveshchensk in 1929. from 1954 to 1955, he acted at the Pushkin Theater in Leningrad, and in 1957 he was at the Screen Actors Theater and Studio in Moscow. From 1966 to 1976 he acted at the Moscow Artists' and Actors' Theater. ==Career==

Strizhenov became popular after playing the title character, revolutionary Arthur in The Gadfly, based on the novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich. He also starred in films The Mexican, as Fernandez/Felipe Rivera, The Forty-First, as Lieutenant Nikolaevich Govorukha-Otrok, Pardesi, as Afanasy Nikitin, ''The Captain's Daughter, as Pyotr Grinyov, White Nights, as the dreamer, and The Queen of Spades, as Hermann''. == Personal life ==

Strizhenov was married three times, all of his wives were actresses. His first marriage was to his The Gadfly co-star, Marianna (1924-2004). They were married since 1955 and until 1968. Their daughter, Natalya, died in 2003. They divorced in 1968. Strizhenov married his second wife, actress Lyubov Zemlyanikina (1940-2024), in 1968. The marriage lasted six years. Strizhenov died at a Moscow hospital on 9 February 2025, at the age of 95. He was survived by his wife. ==Awards==

• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945) • Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964) • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"; • 3rd class (30 July 1999) – For outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema' • 2nd class (19 October 2004) – For outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and many years of creative activity • Golden Eagle Award (2010) ==Selected filmography==

• The Gadfly (1955) • ''The Captain's Daughter'' (1958) • Northern Story (1960) • Optimistic Tragedy (1963) • Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969) ==References==