Person

Natalya Tenyakova

Acting · 1944–2025 · Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

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.

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  To Remember

  Narrator

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  Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

  Евдокия Матвеевна Стольникова

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  Chekhov and Co.

  Даша

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  This Queen of Spades

  2004

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  Ball

  1979

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  Explosions in the Classroom

  Dina Borisovna

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  Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays

  Фетинья Мироновна Епишкина / Акулина Гавриловна Красавина / Марфа Игнатьевна Кабанова / Пульхерия Андревна Гущина

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  One-Two… And King Me!

  Ламелла

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  Ships in Lissa

  1965

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  The Stove on Wheels

  Ефросинья Сидоровна

• 2025UNWRITTEN PLAY. One day in the life of a playwright(voice)
• 2019The FrenchmanMariya Kirillovna
• 2015Handmade CloudsOld Woman (voice)
• 2013Outside the System
• 2010The Chairsla Vieille
• 2009Regarding the Bald Singer...Mrs. Smith
• 2008Fathers and SonsArina Bazarova
• 2006ForestГурмыжская
• 2004This Queen of Spades
• 1998Chekhov and Co.Даша
• 1993To RememberNarrator
• 1992The Gamblers: XXI
• 1990Chernov/ChernovTanya, Chernov's wife
• 1990Swan Song
• 1989The Widow Steamer
• 1988The Light Shines in the DarknessАлександра Ивановна Коховцева
• 1988The Cabal of Hypocrites
• 1986The Theater of I.S. TurgenevНаталья Петровна Ислаева / Анна Ильинишна Kaypoвa
• 1986BanquetVasily Petrovich's Wife (voice)
• 1985The Stove on WheelsЕфросинья Сидоровна
• 1985Ship of the DesertTurtle (voice)
• 1985Love and Pigeonsgrandma Shura
• 1983Heroines of Ostrovsky's PlaysФетинья Мироновна Епишкина / Акулина Гавриловна Красавина / Марфа Игнатьевна Кабанова / Пульхерия Андревна Гущина
• 1983Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesФатима
• 1983Али-Баба и сорок разбойниковФатима
• 1981Uncle's DreamMariya Aleksandrovna
• 1980VersionLyubov Mendeleyeva
• 1979Ball
• 1978Colonel Chabertграфиня Ферро
• 1978A Robbery at Midnightwife
• 1977The Wife
• 1971FiestaLady Brett Ashley
• 1971Investigation Held by ZnaToKiЕвдокия Матвеевна Стольникова
• 1970White Hair Urgently RequiredNatasha Proskurova
• 1969The Golovlevs
• 1969Our FriendsAntonina Staroselskaya
• 1969The Death of Vazir MukhtarLenhen Bulgarina
• 1969Explosions in the ClassroomDina Borisovna
• 1968Thunderstorm Over BelayaSasha
• 1968Prince NapoleonJulie
• 1968One-Two… And King Me!Ламелла
• 1967The Green CarriageVarvara Asenkova
• 1967Elder SisterLida
• 1966The Dark Lady of the SonnetsThe Dark Lady
• 1965Ships in Lissa
• 1965A Long Cat TaleAlice
• —Year When I Wasn't BornNataliya Sudakova