Lionella Pyryeva

Lionella Pyryeva (15 March 1938 in Odesa, Ukraine; birth name Skirda and present name Strizhenova) is a retired Soviet actress. She is known for her roles in The Brothers Karamazov (1969), in the role of Grushenka,{{cite magazine|magazine=Soviet Life|page=53-57|year=1969|title=Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov|first=Tatyana|last=Ivanova|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EPbplhBycDQC|via=Google Books}} Wind of Freedom (1961) and The Light of a Distant Star (1964).[https://www.sovsekretno.ru/articles/magiya-sovetskoy-lollobridzhidy/ МАГИЯ «СОВЕТСКОЙ ЛОЛЛОБРИДЖИДЫ»] In 1991, she was awarded the Honored Artist of the RSFSR award.

She initially married the famous Soviet film director and screenwriter Ivan Pyryev, more than 36 years her senior. After Pyerev had died, she married Oleg Strizhenov, a fellow film and stage actor, in 1976.{{cite news|trans-title=Strizhenov. From actors to artists. On August 10, the famous Gadfly will be 80 years old |publisher=Aif.ru|title=Стриженов. Из актёров - в художники.10 августа знаменитому Оводу - 80 лет|url=https://spb.aif.ru/culture/event/131851|date=8 May 2009|access-date=30 December 2022|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306175447/https://spb.aif.ru/culture/event/131851}}