The future Soviet and Russian actor Oleg Strizhenov was born in the Amur Region in early August 1929. His father was a Red Army officer who went through the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War. Mother studied at the Smolny Institute, worked as a teacher.
In 1935, the family decided to move to the capital. There they found the war. Two older brothers of Oleg Alexandrovich, together with the head of the family, went to the front. Boris died heroically in the battle for Stalingrad, and the middle Gleb was seriously wounded in the hospital, the war has since been over for him.
Already from childhood, Oleg Strizhenov showed interest in creativity. Teachers praised him for his diligence in teaching, noted his giftedness. The young man loved to teach and recite poetry, painted pictures and seriously thought about the career of an artist.
Creative path
In the early 50s, the middle brother, who dreamed of acting, persuaded the younger one to enter the theater. The young man decided to goat the Shchukin School at the Vakhtangov Theatre. The competition was successfully passed, student life began. And also a painstaking but interesting theatrical career: "Romeo and Juliet", "Boris Godunov", "Profitable Place".
After graduating from the school, Oleg Alexandrovich was assigned to work at the Russian Drama Theater, which was located in Estonia. He played his debut role there in the drama Guilty Without Guilt. The performance was enthusiastically received by the audience.
Film roles
Theatrical career had to be postponed when Oleg Strizhenov was invited to play the role of Arthur in the film adaptation of E. Voynich's novel "The Gadfly". The first main role went to the actor by chance. The director's assistants A. Feinzimmer repeatedly offered the master the candidacy of Strizhenov, but he did not see any special prospects in him, until one day he invited the young man to audition. The review took place in Leningrad in 1954. Strizhenov did not believe that he would be able to approach the role, because the competitors were already eminent candidates, among them S. Bondarchuk. On the set of "The Gadfly", the actor fell in love with a girl named Marianne, who played the role of Gemma. The young people got married, and soon their daughter Natalia was born.
After there were works no less bright: "Mexican", "Forty-first", "Life is in your hands", "Duel", "Three sisters", "Roll call", "Third youth", "Proceed to liquidation "," Youth of Peter "," At the beginning of the glorious years ". Peak of popularityOleg Strizhenov fell on the 70s and 80s. According to the Soviet Screen magazine, he was recognized as the best actor. In the 90s, there was virtually no work, the actor devoted himself entirely to painting.
Private life
The biography and personal life of Oleg Strizhenov turned out to be rich in events. In the late 60s, the actor was invited to work at the Moscow Art Theater, where he fell in love with actress Lyubov Zemlyanikina. He divorced his first wife. In the second marriage, the son Alexander was born, now a famous artist, actor, director, screenwriter. Marriage with Love lasted only six years, the couple often quarreled, there were many mutual reproaches and insults in the relationship. The second wife of Oleg Strizhenov went to the monastery in 2008.
In 1976, on the set of one of the films, he met actress Lionella Pyryev, the former wife of the famous director Ivan Pyryev. The spouses are still married, they have no common children.
