Margarita Terekhova
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1942 (age 84)
- Birthplace
- Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Biography
Margarita Borisovna Terekhova (Russian: Маргари́та Бори́совна Те́рехова; born August 25, 1942 in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. She was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia in 1996. From 1959 she studied at the physics and mathematics faculty at the Tashkent State University from 1959 until 1961. After that she went to Moscow and tried to get into VGIK but her application was declined. After that she enrolled to study at the school-studio of Yuri Zavadsky at the Mossovet Theatre. After her graduation in 1964 she worked for many years as an actress of the Mossovet Theatre. From 1983 to 1987 she acted in the theatre group "The Puppet Show" organized by her and Igor Talkov. Terekhova's acting debut was in 1965 in the film Hello, That's Me!. Margarita became particularly popular in the late 1970s, after the release of a costumed musical TV films The Dog in the Manger and D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. At first she played the capricious Countess Diana de Belflor, in the second - the treacherous Milady. Leading roles followed in films made by directors including Andrei Smirnov and Ilya Averbakh (Monologue, 1972) as well as the dual-role in Andrei Tarkovsky's acclaimed Mirror (1975). And more international co-productions came after, including George Cukor's The Blue Bird (1976) and Konrad Wolf's Mama, I'm Alive (1977). Terekhova's subsequent work in film proved her high level of acting expertise but did not attain the success as her earlier work. Margarita Terekhova worked and was friends with Igor Talkov. They had a close relationship and worked for some time together at the musical theatre collective "Balaganchik". In 2005 she made her debut as a director, shooting the film The Seagull based on the work of Anton Chekhov. Since then, Terekhova has retired from acting and almost never gives interviews due to her struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She rarely appears in public and hardly ever attends public events
Known For
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Filmography
Journey to the Mother
Movie
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
Movie · as Self
Islands: Georgy Rerberg
Movie · as Self
The Seagull
Movie · as Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
Movie
The Trail
Movie
The Forbidden Fruit
Movie · as Sledovatelkata
To Remember
TV · as Narrator · 2 eps
For Crazies Only
Movie · as Rita
Green Goat Fire
Movie
Our Father
Movie
In the Middle of the World
Movie
Broken Light
Movie
Dissident
Movie
Ono
Movie · as Anelka Lyadokhovskaya
Achisai
Movie
Primary Russia
Movie · as Theodora
Behind the Blue Nights
Movie
I Don't Want to Be Unhappy
Movie · as жена
Everything Could Have Been Otherwise
Movie · as Dorina
Let's Get Married
Movie · as Елена Дмитриевна Воронова
Santa Esperansa
Movie
Marta the Pious Woman
Movie · as Doña Marta
No Peace for Me in Love
Movie · as Клеопатра / Дездемона / Офелия / Катарина / леди Анна
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
TV · as Helena Landless · 4 eps
Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow
Movie · as Антонина Сергеевна
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
Movie · as Манон Леско
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
TV · as Milady de Winter · 3 eps
Ordinary Children
Movie · as Vera, Olya's mother
Who Will go to Truskavets?
Movie
Players
Movie
The Dog in the Manger
Movie · as Diana
Mama, I’m Alive
Movie · as Swetlana
While the Mountains Still Stand...
Movie · as Катя Шалагина
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Movie · as Margaret Louson
Trust
Movie · as Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai
Daylight Train
Movie
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Movie · as Vera
The Blue Bird
Movie · as Milk
Mirror
Movie · as Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
For the Rest of My Life
TV · as Teacher Faina · 4 eps
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev
Movie · as Tanya
Childhood. Boyhood. Youth
Movie · as Natalia Nikolayevna (Mama)
Monologue
Movie · as Тася, дочь Сретенского
The Fourth
Movie
My Life
TV · 3 eps
Byelorussian Station
Movie · as Natasha Shipilova
Family Happiness
Movie · as Masha
Angel Pavement
Movie · as Lena Golspie
The Wave Runner
Movie · as Biche Seniel / Frezi Grant
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
Movie · as Joanie
Hello, It's Me!
Movie · as Tanya