
Natalya Tenyakova
Department: Acting
Biography
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
1985

Uncle's Dream
1981

The Green Carriage
1967

Forest
2006

Outside the System
2013

Elder Sister
1967

The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988

Colonel Chabert
1978

The Light Shines in the Darkness
1988

Banquet
1986

The Widow Steamer
1989

Year When I Wasn't Born
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The Frenchman
2019

Chernov/Chernov
1990

Regarding the Bald Singer...
2009

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1983

The Gamblers: XXI
1992

Thunderstorm Over Belaya
1968

Our Friends
1969

This Queen of Spades
2004

The Wife
1977

Swan Song
1990

A Long Cat Tale
1965

Fiesta
1971

The Death of Vazir Mukhtar
1969

The Chairs
2010

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
1966

Prince Napoleon
1968

The Golovlevs
1969

Version
1980

Handmade Clouds
2015

Ship of the Desert
1985

White Hair Urgently Required
1970

Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays
1983

The Theater of I.S. Turgenev
1986

The Stove on Wheels
1985

Ships in Lissa
1965

Али-Баба и сорок разбойников
1983

One-Two… And King Me!
1968

Explosions in the Classroom
1969

A Robbery at Midnight
1978

Ball
1979

To Remember
1993

Chekhov and Co.
1998

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971

Fathers and Sons
2008