Portrait of Natalya Tenyakova

Natalya Tenyakova

Acting

Biography

Natalya Tenyakova was a Soviet and Russian actress. Despite some early success as the lead of a few high-profile films, she quickly lost interest in the filmmaking process and focused her attention on live theatre, starring in dozens of plays on stage and television to great acclaim. Her signature roles in film include Lida in Elder Sister (1967) and Shura in Love and Pigeons (1985), where she formed a memorable comic duo with her husband and frequent co-star, Sergei Yursky.

Born: July 3, 1944

Place of Birth: Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

Filmography

2019
The Frenchman

as Mariya Kirillovna

2015
Handmade Clouds

as Old Woman (voice)

2010
The Chairs

as la Vieille

2008
Fathers and Sons

as Arina Bazarova

2006
Forest

as Гурмыжская

1998
Chekhov and Co.

as Даша

1993
To Remember

as Narrator

1990
Chernov/Chernov

as Tanya, Chernov's wife

1988
The Light Shines in the Darkness

as Александра Ивановна Коховцева

1986
The Theater of I.S. Turgenev

as Наталья Петровна Ислаева / Анна Ильинишна Kaypoвa

1986
Banquet

as Vasily Petrovich's Wife (voice)

1985
Ship of the Desert

as Turtle (voice)

1984
Love and Pigeons

as Grandma Shura

1983
Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays

as Фетинья Мироновна Епишкина / Акулина Гавриловна Красавина / Марфа Игнатьевна Кабанова / Пульхерия Андревна Гущина

1981
Uncle's Dream

as Mariya Aleksandrovna

1980
Version

as Lyubov Mendeleyeva

1978
Colonel Chabert

as графиня Ферро

1971
Fiesta

as Lady Brett Ashley

1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

as Евдокия Матвеевна Стольникова

1970
White Hair Urgently Required

as Natasha Proskurova

1969
Our Friends

as Antonina Staroselskaya

1969
The Death of Vazir Mukhtar

as Lenhen Bulgarina

1967
The Green Carriage

as Varvara Asenkova

1967
1966
1965