Sergey Podgornyy(1953-2011)
- Actor
Sergei Podgorny was born in the Ukraine, in the
village Bucha, Kyiv region. In 1973, he was invited by Leonid Bykov to
play the role of Victor Schedronov in the film "Only Old
Men Are Going to Battle". In 1976, after graduating from KGITI IK Karpenko-Kary, he worked at
the Dovzhenko Film Studio. As an actor, he was not in demand until 2008,
when he received a role in the Ukrainian film "Cinderella from the
island of Djerba" (released in rent in 2009). He has been married twice. He has a son,
Vladimir, from his first marriage (now a sailor) and a daughter, Sasha, a
student at university. Later, he moved back with his elderly mother
to the Kiev region. He died July 19, 2011. The cause of death was
congestive heart failure. The actor was buried July 21 at the city
cemetery Buchi.
