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).^[1]

Life and career

Strizhenov completed the B.V. Shchukin Higher Theater School in 1953 and from 1953 he was actor in the Russian Theater of Drama in Tallinn (in Estonia);^[2] from 1954 to 1955, he acted at the Pushkin Theater in Leningrad, and in 1957 he was at the Screen Actors Theater and Studio in Moscow. From 1966 to 1976 he acted at the Moscow Artists' and Actors' Theater.^[1]

Oleg's older brother, Gleb, was also an actor who was an Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Oleg is the father of the Russian actor, writer, producer, and director Aleksandr Strizhenov (husband of actress Yekaterina Strizhenova).^[1]

Awards

• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945)
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1988)
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
  • 3rd class (30 July 1999) – For outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema
  • 2nd class (19 October 2004) – For outstanding achievements in the field of cinema and many years of creative activity
• Golden Eagle Award (2010)
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
• Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "Veteran of Labour"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"^[3]

Filmography

• Sporting Honour (1951)
• The Gadfly (1955)
• The Mexican (1955)
• The Forty-First (1956)
• Pardesi (1957)
• Life in Your Hands (1958)
• The Captain's Daughter (1958)
• The Queen of Spades (1960)
• Northern Story (1960)
• Optimistic Tragedy (1963)
• His Name Was Robert (1967)
• Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969)
• The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975)
• Start Liquidation (1983)