Lionella Pyryeva

Lionella Pyryeva (15 March 1938 in Odesa, Ukraine; birth name Skirda and present name Strizhenova) is a retired Soviet actress.

She is known for her roles in The Brothers Karamazov (1969), in the role of Grushenka,[1] Wind of Freedom (1961) and The Light of a Distant Star (1964).

She initially married the famous Soviet film director and screenwriter Ivan Pyryev, more than 36 years her senior.

After Pyerev had died, she married Oleg Strizhenov, a fellow film and stage actor, in 1976.

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