
Natalya Tenyakova
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1944-07-03
- Died
- 2025-06-18
- Place of birth
- Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
- Also known as
- Наталья Юрская · Наталья Тенякова · Natalya Yurskaya
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
TV Shows (4)
Movies (42)

Love and Pigeons
1985
as grandma Shura

Chernov/Chernov
1990
as Tanya, Chernov's wife

The Frenchman
2019
as Mariya Kirillovna

The Green Carriage
1967
as Varvara Asenkova

The Light Shines in the Darkness
1988
as Александра Ивановна Коховцева

Uncle's Dream
1981
as Mariya Aleksandrovna

The Gamblers: XXI
1992

Outside the System
2013

Our Friends
1969
as Antonina Staroselskaya

The Cabal of Hypocrites
1988

The Death of Vazir Mukhtar
1969
as Lenhen Bulgarina
Year When I Wasn't Born
as Nataliya Sudakova

A Long Cat Tale
1965
as Alice

Elder Sister
1967
as Lida

Forest
2006
as Гурмыжская

The Golovlevs
1969

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
1966
as The Dark Lady

This Queen of Spades
2004

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1983
as Фатима

Banquet
1986
as Vasily Petrovich's Wife (voice)

Swan Song
1990

Thunderstorm Over Belaya
1968
as Sasha

The Wife
1977

Colonel Chabert
1978
as графиня Ферро

Regarding the Bald Singer...
2009
as Mrs. Smith

Ship of the Desert
1985
as Turtle (voice)

Fiesta
1971
as Lady Brett Ashley

Prince Napoleon
1968
as Julie

Heroines of Ostrovsky's Plays
1983
as Фетинья Мироновна Епишкина / Акулина Гавриловна Красавина / Марфа Игнатьевна Кабанова / Пульхерия Андревна Гущина

Version
1980
as Lyubov Mendeleyeva

A Robbery at Midnight
1978
as wife

The Chairs
2010
as la Vieille

Handmade Clouds
2015
as Old Woman (voice)

White Hair Urgently Required
1970
as Natasha Proskurova

The Widow Steamer
1989

The Theater of I.S. Turgenev
1986
as Наталья Петровна Ислаева / Анна Ильинишна Kaypoвa

One-Two… And King Me!
1968
as Ламелла

Explosions in the Classroom
1969
as Dina Borisovna

Али-Баба и сорок разбойников
1983
as Фатима

The Stove on Wheels
1985
as Ефросинья Сидоровна

Ships in Lissa
1965

Ball
1979
About Natalya Tenyakova
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. With 46 credits spanning from 1965 to 2019, Natalya Tenyakova has appeared in 42 films and 4 TV shows.
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Most Popular Natalya Tenyakova Movies
- Love and Pigeons (1985) — as grandma Shura
- Chernov/Chernov (1990) — as Tanya, Chernov's wife
- The Frenchman (2019) — as Mariya Kirillovna
- The Green Carriage (1967) — as Varvara Asenkova
- The Light Shines in the Darkness (1988) — as Александра Ивановна Коховцева
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