Nikolai Grinko

Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (; ; 22 May 1920, Kherson – 10 April 1989, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. Biography Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920) in Kherson, then in Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).He died on 10 April 1989 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine). His wife was Ayshe Rafetovna Chulak-ogly (born 1932), a violinist of the State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, a jazz-symphonic ensemble Dnepr. Career In 1961, Mykola Hrynko switched to cinema. But at his "native" Dovzhenko Film Studio, he was not considered a "native" actor, he was filmed very little, and was not offered any leading roles. His screenplay for Ivan Franko's Stolen Happiness had been lying in the studio offices for 6 years and was put on the shelf.