Acting

Natalya Tenyakova

1944–2025 · Acting

59.8avg grm

2titles

7honors

Honors

7

2020Nika Award

2016Order of Honour

2005Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

1998Order of Friendship

1994People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Bio

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

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1980s1 title

Love and Doves1985 · as Granny Shura61.2

1960s1 title

Starshaya sestra1967 · as Lida58.5

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Natalya Tenyakova

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born1944

died2025

known forActing

titles on site2

avg GRM59.8

honors7 · Nika Award, 2020

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

ranked on this site

1980s

1 title

61.2Love and Doves1985 · as Granny Shura

1960s

1 title

58.5Starshaya sestra1967 · as Lida

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