Yelena Chernykh

Yelena Chernykh
Cyrillic: Елена Черных
(or Helen Black)
Born
Yelena Kolesnichenko

(1979-08-24)August 24, 1979
Volzhskoye, Russian SFSR, USSR
DiedOctober 4, 2011(2011-10-04) (aged 32)
Novoanninsky, Novoanninsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
OccupationStage actress
Years active2001–2011
Spouse(s)Yegor Chernykh
(m? - 2011 (her death); 1 child

Yelena Chernykh (Cyrillic: Елена Черных) (August 24, 1979 – October 4, 2011) was a Russian theatre actress.[1][2] She has been called "хрупкая красавица и вместе с тем необычайно выносливая актриса" (a fragile beauty and yet extraordinarily hardy actress).[3]

Death

The 32-year-old actress was killed in a car crash on 4 October 2011 in Novoanninsky, along with fellow actors, 59-year-old Aleksandr Yegorov and 52-year-old Valentina Yudina.[4] Chernykh and Yegorov, who both died in the same collision, were considered favorite artists of the "Волгоградского музыкально-драматического казачьего театра" (Volgograd Music and Drama Theatre of the Cossack).[5]

At the time her death, Yelena was married to Yegor Chernykh, with whom she had one daughter.[3]

Theater

Her better known theater works[2][6] include

  • Эй, ты, здравствуй! (Hey, you, hello!) by Г. Мамлина (G. Mamlina)
  • Андрей-Стрелок и Марья-Голубка (Andrew, Archer and Maria Dove) by И. Токмаковой (I. Tokmakova)
  • Хуторяне (Hutoryane) by А. Копкова (A. Kopkova)
  • Чубатые ребяты (Curly guys) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
  • От любви до ненависти (From love to hate) by Н. Старицкого (N. Staritskogo)
  • Святочная история (Yule Story) by Чарльза Диккенса (Charles Dickens)
  • Эшелон (Echelon) by М.М. Рощина (MM Roshchin)
  • От сердца к сердцу (Heart to Heart) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
  • Моя граница — моя судьба (My border - my destiny) by Ю. Войтова (Yu Voitova)
  • Кошкин дом (Cat House) by С.Я. Маршака (SY Marshak).

References

  1. ^ Catherine Simohina, Elena Akimov (October 4, 2011). Под Волгоградом трое актеров "Казачьего театра" погибли в столкновении фуры и легковушки (in Russian). kp.ru. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Елена Черных: биография (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Catherine Simohina (October 6, 2011). Перед гибелью в ДТП волгоградский актер Александр Егоров сказал: "Это будет моя последняя поездка". kp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  4. ^ Три актёра погибли в ДТП под Волгоградом (in Russian)
  5. ^ Алина Дементьева (October 6, 2011). В ДТП разбились директор и актеры Волгоградского театра (in Russian). volgograd.ru. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Maria Gorlichenko. Три волгоградских актера погибли в аварии в Новоаннинском районе (in Russian). Retrieved October 17, 2011.