Natalya Dmitrievna Vavilova (, born 26 January 1959) is a Russian

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Biography

Natalya Vavilova started her career as an actress at the age of fourteen. She appeared in several pictures in supporting roles. In 1984, Natalya Vavilova graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, studying under Yevgeny Matveyev, an acclaimed Russian actor and director. Her classmate was

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. Success and fame followed her role of Aleksandra Tikhomirova in the

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''. While being filmed for the picture ''

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'', she fell from a horse and suffered a spinal trauma. Her last film was ''The Sukhovo-Kobylin Case''. After she accomplished that work, Natalya Vavilova stopped pursuing her acting career. Since that time she has avoided all contacts with the press. She lived with her husband,

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, in a house twelve kilometers from

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. She is involved in

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and

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. On May 26, 2020, her husband, film director Samvel Gasparov, died from

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Filmography

*''The Sukhovo-Kobylin Case'' (1991) (TV) *''Road Hawks'' (1990) *''Nayezdniki'' (1987) *''The Barman from "Golden Anchor"'' (1986) *''The Time of Sons'' (1986) *'' Do Not Marry, Girls'' (1985) *'' Train Off Schedule'' (1985) *''Victory'' (1984) *''My Elected'' (1984) *''Streak of luck'' (1983) *'' The Doctor's Pupil'' (1983) *''We Weren't Married in Church'' (1982) *''The Driver for One Trip'' (1981) (TV) *''

'' (1979) *''Polovodye'' (1980) *''Invasion'' (1980) *''Heavy water'' (1979) *''Chest of Drawers Was Led Through the Street'' (1978) *''Red Diplomatic Couriers'' (1977) *''

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'' (1976)

References

External links

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Natalya Vavilova at Ludi

Natalya Vavilova. Actors of Soviet and Russian Cinematography

Interview. The Husband of ''Aleksandra'', Film Director Samvel Gasparov
Russian film actresses Soviet film actresses Actresses from Moscow Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni 1959 births Living people Soviet child actresses 20th-century Russian actresses {{USSR-actor-stub