Valentina Talyzina

Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina (Russian: Валентина Илларионовна Талызина, romanized: Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina; born 22 January 1935) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985).[1][2] Awarded the Order of Honor (2005) [3] and the Order of Friendship (2010).[4] Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1964.

Valentina Talyzina
Валентина Талызина
Talyzina in 2020
Born
Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina

(1935-01-22) 22 January 1935
OccupationActress
Years active1958–present

Biography

Early life

Valentina Talyzina was born on January 22, 1935, in Omsk. Valentina's father was Illarion (Ильшат) Grigorievich Talyzin, a Russified Tatar, and her mother was Anastasia (Асылгюль) Trifonovna Talyzina. When Valentina Talyzina was an infant, her family moved to Baranavichy.[2][5]

Career

Between 1952 and 1954 she studied at the Omsk Agricultural Institute.[1]

In 1954 Valentina Talyzina was admitted to the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. She graduated from the academy in 1958. In the same year she became part of the Mossovet Theatre troupe.[1]

In cinema Valentina debuted in 1963 in the role of Inna in the detective film The Man who Doubts. But the actress began to actively act in film only in the late 1960s. One of the first big successes Talyzina on the screen was the role of Nadya in the adventure film Road to Saturn.[6]

Valentina Talyzina acted in the film The Irony of Fate and also voiced the main character because Barbara Brylska, who played Nadia, had an obvious Polish accent.[1]

For her performance in the television series Lines of Fate, Valentina Talyzina received the Golden Eagle Award as Best Television Actress in 2004.[7]

In March 2014 Talyzina signed a letter in support of the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea.[8] She was banned from entering Ukraine, along with many other Russian artists and entertainers.[9] In 2023 in an interview she supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with making several anti-semitic statements.[10]

Family

  • Father — Illarion Grigorievich Talyzin, from Russified Tatar.
  • Mother — Anastasia Trifonovna Talyzina.
  • Ex-husband — painter Leonid Nepomnyashchy.

Selected filmography

Total over 138 movies.

References

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