Natalya Tenyakova

Natalya Tenyakova

Known for
Acting
Born
July 3, 1944
Died
June 18, 2025 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR

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

Filmography

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Year When I Wasn't Born

Year When I Wasn't Born

Movie · as Nataliya Sudakova

2025
UNWRITTEN PLAY. One day in the life of a playwright poster

UNWRITTEN PLAY. One day in the life of a playwright

Movie · as (voice)

2019
The Frenchman poster

The Frenchman

Movie · as Mariya Kirillovna

2015
Handmade Clouds poster

Handmade Clouds

Movie · as Old Woman (voice)

2013
Outside the System poster

Outside the System

Movie

2010
The Chairs poster

The Chairs

Movie · as la Vieille

2009
Regarding the Bald Singer... poster

Regarding the Bald Singer...

Movie · as Mrs. Smith

2008
Fathers and Sons poster

Fathers and Sons

TV · as Arina Bazarova · 4 eps

2006
Forest poster

Forest

Movie · as Гурмыжская

2004
This Queen of Spades poster

This Queen of Spades

Movie

1998
Chekhov and Co. poster

Chekhov and Co.

TV · as Даша · 1 ep

1993
To Remember poster

To Remember

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1992
The Gamblers: XXI poster

The Gamblers: XXI

Movie

1990
Chernov/Chernov poster

Chernov/Chernov

Movie · as Tanya, Chernov's wife

1990
Swan Song poster

Swan Song

Movie

1989
The Widow Steamer poster

The Widow Steamer

Movie

1988
The Cabal of Hypocrites poster

The Cabal of Hypocrites

Movie

1988
The Light Shines in the Darkness poster

The Light Shines in the Darkness

Movie · as Александра Ивановна Коховцева

1986
Banquet poster

Banquet

Movie · as Vasily Petrovich's Wife (voice)

1986
The Theater of I.S. Turgenev poster

The Theater of I.S. Turgenev

Movie · as Наталья Петровна Ислаева / Анна Ильинишна Kaypoвa

1985
Ship of the Desert poster

Ship of the Desert

Movie · as Turtle (voice)

1985
The Stove on Wheels poster

The Stove on Wheels

Movie · as Ефросинья Сидоровна

1984
Love and Pigeons poster

Love and Pigeons

Movie · as grandma Shura

1983
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves poster

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Movie · as Фатима

1983
Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays poster

Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays

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

1983
Али-Баба и сорок разбойников poster

Али-Баба и сорок разбойников

Movie · as Фатима

1981
Uncle's Dream poster

Uncle's Dream

Movie · as Mariya Aleksandrovna

1980
Version poster

Version

Movie · as Lyubov Mendeleyeva

1979
Ball poster

Ball

Movie

1978
Colonel Chabert poster

Colonel Chabert

Movie · as графиня Ферро

1978
A Robbery at Midnight poster

A Robbery at Midnight

Movie · as wife

1977
The Wife poster

The Wife

Movie

1971
Fiesta poster

Fiesta

Movie · as Lady Brett Ashley

1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi poster

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

TV · as Евдокия Матвеевна Стольникова · 1 ep

1970
White Hair Urgently Required poster

White Hair Urgently Required

Movie · as Natasha Proskurova

1969
Our Friends poster

Our Friends

Movie · as Antonina Staroselskaya

1969
The Death of Vazir Mukhtar poster

The Death of Vazir Mukhtar

Movie · as Lenhen Bulgarina

1969
The Golovlevs poster

The Golovlevs

Movie

1969
Explosions in the Classroom poster

Explosions in the Classroom

Movie · as Dina Borisovna

1968
Thunderstorm Over Belaya poster

Thunderstorm Over Belaya

Movie · as Sasha

1968
Prince Napoleon poster

Prince Napoleon

Movie · as Julie

1968
One-Two… And King Me! poster

One-Two… And King Me!

Movie · as Ламелла

1967
The Green Carriage poster

The Green Carriage

Movie · as Varvara Asenkova

1967
Elder Sister poster

Elder Sister

Movie · as Lida

1966
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets poster

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets

Movie · as The Dark Lady

1965
A Long Cat Tale poster

A Long Cat Tale

Movie · as Alice

1965
Ships in Lissa poster

Ships in Lissa

Movie