“He died today”: the actor from the films “Window to Paris” and “Dad” Sergei Dreiden died in St. Petersburg 08/05/2023, 17:55

The death of Sergei Dreyden was reported at the Great Drama Theater (BDT) named after. GA Tovstonogov, where he was a guest artist. “Sergei Simonovich died today,” said a representative of the theater.

For the past few years, Dreiden played in one performance – “Three Fat Men” based on the fairy tale of Yuri Olesha. On May 31, he was supposed to enter the BTC phase.

Sergej Dreyden was born on September 14, 1941 in Novosibirsk, where his parents, theater expert Simona Dreyden and actress Zinaida Dontsova, were evacuated from Leningrad. His childhood friends were actor Pyotr Merkuriev and writer Sergei Dovlatov. He went to the school where Joseph Brodsky studied.

At the age of 21, he became an actor of the Leningrad Theater of Miniatures under the direction of AI Raikin. He then worked at the Leningrad Drama and Comedy Theater and also at the Leningrad Comedy Theater. NP Akimová. During his creative career, he received numerous awards, including two national “Golden Mask” awards and three of the highest St. Petersburg “Golden Ceiling” awards. Dreiden is a laureate of the Russian Film Academy’s Nika Award.

The actor is widely known to viewers for his work in the films “Papa”, “Window to Paris”, “Give Me Moonlight”, “Blockade Diary”, “Taras Bulba”, “Van Goghs”, “Kuprin”, “Petrovs in the flu” and more. Sergei Simonovich also participated in radio shows, dubbed documentaries and recorded audio books.

From his first wife, the artist had a daughter, Catherine. At the age of 25, Dreyden married a second time, this marriage turned out to be stronger – it lasted 15 years. With his second wife, the actor became the father of two more children – Kasyan and Elizabeth.

The third wife of Sergej Simonovich was the playwright Alla Sokolova. In this marriage, a son, Nikolai, was born. In recent years, Dreiden has been happy with his fourth wife, Tatyana Ponomarenko, the president of the autonomous non-profit organization for culture Borey Art Creative Center.

The day before, in the same St. Petersburg, the actor of the film “The Irony of Fate. Continuation “and the series” Deadly Force “Alexander Tyutryumov. He was 64 years old. He could not survive the operation.

Today it became known about the death of the actor of the films “Boomer” and “Squadron of Flying Hussars” Viktor Shulyakovsky. The honored artist of Russia was 77 years old.