Actress Tatyana Protsenko, who played Malvina, passes away

Sad news: Malvina from the film "The Adventures of Buratino" passed away today. Tatyana Protsenko was 53 years old. She became an actress when she was a child. The director's assistant noticed the girl on the train and invited her to the audition. Director Leonid Nechayev approved Tatyana for the role of Malvina.  The shooting of the legendary film took place at "Belarusfilm".  Protsenko was the only child who was speaking in shot, a new voiceover was recorded for all the rest. After the movie was released, Tatiana woke up famous. The audience fell in love with the image of a girl with blue hair and angelic look. 

Malvina became her only role in feature films.  Tatiana Protsenko graduated from Film Studies Department of Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov and was a member of the International Federation of Journalists. She participated in Minsk International Film Festival. In 2012 she was a jury member of Listapadzik, a film competition for children and youth audience.