Natalya Tenyakova
Acting

Natalya Tenyakova

Born 3 July 1944 · Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR · Died 18 June 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

Love and Pigeons
Banquet
The Frenchman
Elder Sister
Chernov/Chernov
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Green Carriage
Forest
Thunderstorm Over Belaya
Uncle's Dream
Ball
The Cabal of Hypocrites
UNWRITTEN PLAY. One day in the life of a playwright
The Frenchman
Handmade Clouds
The Chairs
Regarding the Bald Singer...
Forest
This Queen of Spades
The Gamblers: XXI
Chernov/Chernov
Swan Song
The Widow Steamer
The Cabal of Hypocrites
The Light Shines in the Darkness
Banquet
The Theater of I.S. Turgenev
Ship of the Desert
The Stove on Wheels
Love and Pigeons
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays
Али-Баба и сорок разбойников
Uncle's Dream
Version
Ball
Colonel Chabert
A Robbery at Midnight
The Wife
Fiesta
White Hair Urgently Required
Our Friends
The Death of Vazir Mukhtar
The Golovlevs
Explosions in the Classroom
Thunderstorm Over Belaya
Prince Napoleon
One-Two… And King Me!
The Green Carriage
Elder Sister
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
A Long Cat Tale
Ships in Lissa
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