Natalya Maksimovna Tenyakova (; 3 July 1944 – 18 June 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema.

People's Artist of the Russian Federation People's Artist of the Russian Federation ()is an honorary title given no earlier than five years after the honorary title "Honored Artist of Russia" or " Honored Art Worker of Russia" to an important artist who has created extraordinary works of ...

(1994), Laureate of the

Golden Mask Award The Golden Mask (, ''Zolotaya maska'') is a Russian theatre festival and the main national theatre award, established in 1994 by the Theatre Union of Russia. The award is given to productions in all genres of theatre art: drama, opera, ballet, ope ...

(1995), and the

Stanislavsky Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( rus, Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj, links=yes; ; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian and Sovie ...

Prize (2005).

Life and career

Natalya Tenyakova was born in Leningrad in 1944, graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK) ( Boris Sohn's course). Her fellow students were Olga Antonova,

Lev Dodin Lev Abramovich Dodin (, born 1944) is a modern Russian theater director, the leader of Saint Petersburg Maly Drama Theater. Biography Lev Dodin was born in Novokuznetsk in 1944. He first experienced theatrical production as a child at the The ...

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, Sergei Nadporozhsky, Leonid Mozgovoy, Vladimir Tykke, other masters of theater and cinema. After graduation she was accepted into the troupe of the Baltic House Festival Theatre, where she made her debut as Polly Peachum in ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François V ...

'' (1966). She was in

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's film ''

Older Sister Older Sister () is a Soviet feature film, shot in 1966, Georgy Natanson on the play by Aleksandr Volodin ''My older sister''. Plot In Leningrad, two orphaned sisters, Nadya and Lida Ryazayeva, live with their uncle, Ukhov. Nadya works at a con ...

'', released in 1966, in one of the main roles. In 1967, Tenyakova became an actress of the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theater. As of 1979, Natalia Tenyakova worked at the

Mossovet Theater Mossovet State Academic Theatre (Государственный академический театр имени Театр Моссовета) is one of the oldest theatres of Moscow, opened in 1923 and based at Bolshaya Sadovaya, 16. History Mo ...

, where she also became one of the leading actresses. In 1988, at the invitation of

Oleg Yefremov Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov (; 1 October 1927 – 24 May 2000) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1987). In 1949, he graduated from Moscow A ...

, she moved to the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

Personal life and death

Tenyakova was married to director

. She later married actor

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, with whom she had a daughter, Daria Yurskaya, in 1973. Tenyakova died on 18 June 2025, at the age of 80.People's Artist of the Russian Federation Natalia Tenyakova died at the age of 80
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Filmography

* ''

'' (1966) as Lydia * ''

The Green Carriage ''The Green Carriage'' () is a 1967 Soviet biographical drama film directed by Yan Frid and starring Natalya Tenyakova, Vladimir Chestnokov and Igor Dmitriev. It portrays the life of the nineteenth century stage actress Varvara Asenkova. Plot The ...

'' (1967) as Varvara Asenkova * ''Our Friends'' (1968) as Antonina Staroselskaya * ''Thunderstorm over Belaya'' (1968) as Sasha Vikhrova * ''Death of Wazir Mukhtar'' (TV, 1969) as

Thaddeus Bulgarin Faddei Venediktovich Bulgarin (; – ), born Jan Tadeusz Krzysztof Bułharyn, was a Russian writer, journalist and publisher of Polish ancestry. In addition to his newspaper work, he rejuvenated the Russian novel, and published the first theat ...

's wife * ''

Love and Pigeons ''Love and Pigeons'' () is a Soviet romantic comedy-drama, filmed in 1984, at the Mosfilm film studio by director Vladimir Menshov, whose previous film ''Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears'' won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It is ...

'' (1984) as old woman Shura * ''

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi ''Investigation Led by ZnaToKi'', or ''Investigation Led by Experts'' (, translit. ''Sledstvie vedut ZnaToKi'') was a popular 1971-1989 Soviet detective TV-series with two Russian series (2002 and 2003) for a total of 24 episodes. Main chara ...

'' (1985) as Yevdokia Matveyevna Stolnikova * ''

'' (1985) as old woman Shura * ''Chernov / Chernov'' (1990) as Chernov's wife * ''Chekhov and Co.'' (1998) as Dasha * ''Fathers and Sons'' (TV, 2008) as Bazarov's mother * ''

A Frenchman ''A Frenchman'' () is a 2019 Russian black-and-white historical drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Andrey Smirnov. The film takes place in 1957. It tells about the French student Pierre Durand, who goes to Moscow for an internship, ...

'' (2019) as Maria Obrezkova

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