Natalya Tenyakova
Known for: Acting
Born: July 2, 1944 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR - Died: June 17, 2025
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.
Known for
Showing 24 of 46 titles
Love and Pigeons
grandma Shura
Uncle's Dream
Mariya Aleksandrovna
The Green Carriage
Varvara Asenkova
Forest
Гурмыжская
Outside the System
Elder Sister
Lida
The Cabal of Hypocrites
Colonel Chabert
графиня Ферро
The Light Shines in the Darkness
Александра Ивановна Коховцева
Banquet
Vasily Petrovich's Wife (voice)
The Widow Steamer
Year When I Wasn't Born
Nataliya Sudakova
The Frenchman
Mariya Kirillovna
Chernov/Chernov
Tanya, Chernov's wife
Regarding the Bald Singer...
Mrs. Smith
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Фатима
The Gamblers: XXI
Thunderstorm Over Belaya
Sasha
Our Friends
Antonina Staroselskaya
This Queen of Spades
The Wife
Swan Song
A Long Cat Tale
Alice
Fiesta
Lady Brett Ashley