Natalya Tenyakova
Born: 1944-07-03 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Died: 2025-06-18
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
2019
- The Frenchman as Mariya Kirillovna
2015
- Handmade Clouds as Old Woman (voice)
2013
2010
- The Chairs as la Vieille
2009
- Regarding the Bald Singer... as Mrs. Smith
2008
- Fathers and Sons as Arina Bazarova
2006
- Forest as Гурмыжская
2004
1998
- Chekhov and Co. as Даша
1993
- To Remember as Narrator
1992
1990
- Swan Song
- Chernov/Chernov as Tanya, Chernov's wife
1989
1988
- The Cabal of Hypocrites
- The Light Shines in the Darkness as Александра Ивановна Коховцева
1986
- The Theater of I.S. Turgenev as Наталья Петровна Ислаева / Анна Ильинишна Kaypoвa
- Banquet as Vasily Petrovich's Wife (voice)
1985
- Love and Pigeons as grandma Shura
- Ship of the Desert as Turtle (voice)
- The Stove on Wheels as Ефросинья Сидоровна
1983
- Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays as Фетинья Мироновна Епишкина / Акулина Гавриловна Красавина / Марфа Игнатьевна Кабанова / Пульхерия Андревна Гущина
- Али-Баба и сорок разбойников as Фатима
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Фатима
1981
- Uncle's Dream as Mariya Aleksandrovna
1980
- Version as Lyubov Mendeleyeva
1979
1978
- A Robbery at Midnight as wife
- Colonel Chabert as графиня Ферро
1977
1971
- Investigation Held by ZnaToKi as Евдокия Матвеевна Стольникова
- Fiesta as Lady Brett Ashley
1970
- White Hair Urgently Required as Natasha Proskurova
1969
- Explosions in the Classroom as Dina Borisovna
- Our Friends as Antonina Staroselskaya
- The Death of Vazir Mukhtar as Lenhen Bulgarina
- The Golovlevs
1968
- Thunderstorm Over Belaya as Sasha
- One-Two… And King Me! as Ламелла
- Prince Napoleon as Julie
1967
- Elder Sister as Lida
- The Green Carriage as Varvara Asenkova
1966
- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets as The Dark Lady
1965
- Ships in Lissa
- A Long Cat Tale as Alice