Lyudmila Marchenko
June 20, 1940 (84 years old) in Arkhipo-Osipovka, Krasnodar Region, USSR (Russia)
Lyudmila Marchenko is a Soviet theatre and film actress. At the age of 18, she made her debut in the film “The Volunteers”, and at 19 she was approved for the role of Nastenka in the film “White Nights”, directed by Ivan Pyryev. Lev Kulidzhanov invited her to the title role in the film "A Home for Tanya" in 1959, the film was a huge success and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Due to her immediacy and simplicity of the acting style, she skillfully embodied a rare acting role for those years — a lyrical heroine. From 1959 to 1979 she appears in 15 films, including “Until Next Spring”, “My Younger Brother”, “No Fear, No Blame”, “The Cook”, “The Scouts”.
Known For
Credits
- 1979 · Something with the Telephone as guest
- 1968 · The Scouts as Marie
- 1967 · Man Casts an Anchor as Nina
- 1967 · The Gypsy as Budulai's wife
- 1967 · Aybolit-66 as comic clown
- 1966 · The Tunnel as maid
- 1966 · The Cook as Taisiya
- 1963 · The Whistle Stop as milkmaid (uncredited)
- 1963 · No Fear, No Blame as Lena
- 1962 · My Younger Brother as Galya Bodrova
- 1962 · Dmitro Goritsvit as Yugina
- 1961 · Until Next Spring as Vera
- 1961 · Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend as Masha
- 1959 · A Home for Tanya as Tanya
- 1959 · White Nights as Nastenka
- 1958 · The Volunteers as Kaitanov Jr.'s girlfriend (uncredited)