Natalya Seleznyova

Natalya Igorevna Seleznyova (; born 19 June 1945) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress.

Biography She first took the stage at the age of six, participating in the Red Army Theatre plays. Her notable cinema work includes roles in films directed by Leonid Gaidai, like Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures and Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future.

In 1966, she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute (course of Boris Zakhava) and became an actress of Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire. In 1968, on the set of film "Caliph-Stork" met the actor Vladimir Andreyev, whom she married.

In the 1970s, she became famous in the USSR as Mrs. Katarina, one of the main characters in "Pub "13 Chairs"" TV series.

In 2014, Seleznyova became an assistant to the Children's Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation (children's ombudsman).

Awards Honored Artist of the RSFSR (30 September 1981) People's Artist of Russia (2 May 1996) Order of Friendship (1 December 2006) Order of Honour (Russia) (16 July 2015)

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1953 Alyosha Ptitsyn Grows Up Sashenka 1956 The Girl and the Crocodile Katya Pastushkova 1961 Alenka Elizabeta, sister Nyury 1965 Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (segment "Navazhdeniye") Lida, student at the Polytechnic Institute 1966 Sasha-Sashenka Sasha Krylova, painter 1966 Who invented the wheel? Zoyka 1967 I Loved You Lidia Nikolayevna 1969 Caliph-Stork princess TV 1969-1981 Pub "13 Chairs" Pani Katarina TV series 1970 Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase Petya's mother 1970 As we were looking Tishka nursery-governess 1972 Dot, dot, comma ... district doctor 1973 Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future Zinaida Mikhaylovna Timofeyeva 1974 One of the lads Alya Malysheva 1975 It Can't Be! Anatoly's wife 1978 In streets of dresser were taken ... Driver's fellow-traveller 1979 The Theme Svetlana, Yesenin's disciple 1979 Adventure Nuki mama Alyoshi 1979 Seller birds Countess TV 1981 Caliph-Stork Stork (voice) TV Short 1982 Simply Awful! Car repair worker 1982 Take care of men! Alla, a colleague and a friend of Martha Petrovna 1985 City of brides 1995 House TV series 1997 Old songs 2 TV movie 1998 Old songs 3 Zinaida Mikhailovna TV movie 1998 Virgin Mary Inna 1998 Attorney Jubilee neighbor, Attorney 2000 Agent in mini skirt Natalya Ivanovna 2006 You will not leave me mother Vera 2008 Swell mob Aunt Sima, a neighbor Yuliya TV movie