
Acting
Lyudmila Marchenko is a Soviet theatre and film actress. At the age of 18, she made her debut in the film “The Volunteers”, and at 19 she was approved for the role of Nastenka in the film “White Nights”, directed by Ivan Pyryev. Lev Kulidzhanov invited her to the title role in the film "A Home for Tanya" in 1959, the film was a huge success and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Due to her immediacy and simplicity of the acting style, she skillfully embodied a rare acting role for those years — a lyrical heroine. From 1959 to 1979 she appears in 15 films, including “Until Next Spring”, “My Younger Brother”, “No Fear, No Blame”, “The Cook”, “The Scouts”.

Dmitro Goritsvit
1962

The Cook
1966

White Nights
1960

The Gypsy
1967

Aybolit-66
1966

Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
1961

No Fear, No Blame
1962

Man Casts an Anchor
1967

The Tunnel
1966

My Younger Brother
1962

The Volunteers
1958

Until Next Spring
1961

Whistle Stop
1963

The Scouts
1968

Something with the Telephone
1979

A Home for Tanya
1959