Faina Gaenko was born on November 8, 1900 in Kakhovka, Dneprovsk uyezd, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire as Faina Grigorevna Omelchenko. He was an actor, known for Nazar Stodolya (1954). He died on January 6, 1965 in Lvov, Lvov Oblast, Ukranian SSR, USSR.