Zinaida Sharko

Zinaida Sharko
Born	Zinaida Maximovna Sharko 14 May 1929 Rostov, USSR
Died	4 August 2016(2016-08-04) (aged 87) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Occupation	Stage and film actress
Spouse(s)	Igor Vladimirov ​ ​ (m. 1953⁠–⁠1960)​ Sergei Yursky ​ (m. 1961⁠–⁠1968)​

Zinaida Maximovna Sharko (Russian: Зинаида Максимовна Шарко; 14 May 1929 – 4 August 2016) was a Russian actress of theatre and film, member of Bolshoi Drama Theatre.^[1] People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980).^[2]

Biography[]

After the start of World War II with the children's song and dance ensemble took part in concerts for the wounded in the hospitals.^[3] For these concerts, a total of 900, she was awarded the medal For valorous work in the Great Patriotic War,^[2] which always considered later would call the most expensive of its awards.

In 1951 she graduated from the Leningrad Theatrical Institute. While studying, in 1950–1951 she performed with the Leningrad regional theater, and after graduation worked at the Lenconcert Theatre (1951–1952) and at the Lensoviet (1952–1956). After 1956 she had a six-decade-long career with the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.^[4]

Death[]

She died on 4 August 2016 at the age of 87.^[4][5]

Selected filmography[]

• Old Khottabych (1956)
• The Long Farewell (1971)
• Other People's Letters (1975)
• The Nose (1977)
• The Dog in the Manger (1978)
• Arithmetic of a Murder (1991)
• The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (1998)
• Composition for Victory Day (1998)
• The Garden Was Full of Moon (2000)
• Mechanical Suite (2001)

References[]

External links[]

• Zinaida Sharko at IMDb

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