Lionella Pyryeva (15 March 1938 in

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; birth name Skirda and present name Strizhenova) is a retired

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

actress. She is known for her roles in

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(1969), in the role of Grushenka, Wind of Freedom (1961) and The Light of a Distant Star (1964). In 1991, she was awarded the

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

award. She initially married the famous Soviet film director and screenwriter

Ivan Pyryev Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Пы́рьев; – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet-Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stali ...

. He was more than 36 years her senior. After Pyerev had died, she married in 1976

Oleg Strizhenov Oleg Aleksandrovich Strizhenov (russian: Олег Александрович Стриженов; born 10 August 1929 in Blagoveshchensk) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Life and career Strizhenov ...

, a film and stage actor like her.

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Living people 1938 births Honored Artists of the RSFSR Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses {{USSR-film-actor-stub