About Tatyana Protsenko
Lived 1968 – 2021 (aged 53). Tatyana Protsenko was a Russian journalist, poet, actor, writer and film scholar.
Tatyana Anatolyevna Protsenko (; 8 April 1968 – 19 May 2021) was a Soviet actress, best known for her role as Malvina in the 1975 film The Adventures of Buratino.
Biography Tatyana Protsenko was born on 8 April 1968 in Moscow, USSR. Her father was the chief of the documentary film directorate of Goskino USSR, and her mother was an air traffic controller at the Moscow international airport Vnukovo.
An assistant to film director Leonid Nechayev was looking for an actress to undertake the part of Malvina in a fairytale film, later to be released as The Adventures of Buratino. The assistant spotted the then five-year-old Tatyana on a train and invited her to take part in the casting. Tatyana agreed and was awarded the role after casting.
Tatyana Protsenko died of cancer on May 19, 2021 in Moscow, after fighting the disease for three years. Although she only appeared in one film during her acting career, the news of her death was reported by major Russian mass media and spread across social media.
Tatyana Protsenko was survived by her husband and two children.
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Who was Tatyana Protsenko?
Soviet actress (1968–2021)
When was Tatyana Protsenko born?
Tatyana Protsenko was born on 8 April 1968 in Moscow.
When did Tatyana Protsenko die?
Tatyana Protsenko died on 19 May 2021 in Moscow.
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Tatyana Protsenko was a journalist, poet, actor, writer and film scholar.
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Tatyana Protsenko was Russian.
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