Aleksandr Demyanenko
Acting
May 30, 1937
Died at age 62
August 22, 1999
Date of Death
Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
111 Credits
Biography
Aleksandr S. Demyanenko (May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Russian film and theater actor. He was given the honorary distinction of People's Artist of the RSFSR. He began his acting career with the film "Veter" in 1958, and is well known for playing the character Shurik in a number of films, beginning with the 1965 comedy "Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures", and ending with the 1997 film "Old Songs of the Main Things 2".
