Boris Olenin was born on December 12, 1903 in Odessa, Odessa uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Odessa Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Svet nad Rossiyei (1947), Boyevoy kinosbornik 13: Nashi devushki (1942) and Admiral Nakhimov (1947). He died on March 27, 1961 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].