Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trofymovna Prokhorenko was a Ukrainian-born Soviet-era actress, best known to European and North American audiences for her role in Grigori Chukhrai's 1959 film, Ballad of a Soldier. She was born in Poltava, Ukraine, and grew up in central Ukraine before she and her family moved to Leningrad. She graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1964. She was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1988. She was also a recipient of the Order of the Badge of Honour and of the Medal "For Labour Valour". Prokhorenko married twice: Her first husband was film director... Evgeniy Vasilyev , they had one daughter actress Ekaterina Vasiyeva . Her second husband, writer Artur Makarov, was murdered in 1995. She died in Moscow on 1 August 2011, aged 71, from undisclosed causes.
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| Birthdate: | May 11, 1940 |
| Birthplace: | Poltava |
| Date of death: | August 1, 2011 |
| Also known as: | Zhanneta Trofymovna Prokhorenko, Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trofymovna Prokhorenko, Zhanna |