Valentina Talyzina

Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina (; 22 January 1935 – 21 June 2025) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress who was a People's Artist of the RSFSR. Awarded the Order of Honor (2005) and the Order of Friendship (2010). She was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1964.

Early life Valentina Talyzina was born on 22 January 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.

Career Between 1952 and 1954, Talyzina studied at the Omsk Agricultural Institute.

Valentina Talyzina had a minor role in the film The Irony of Fate and also dubbed over major character Nadia because her regular actress, Barbara Brylska, had an obvious Polish accent.

In March 2014, Talyzina signed a letter in support of the controversial 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. As a result, she was banned from entering Ukraine along with many other Russian artists and entertainers. In 2023, she stated her support for the infamous Russian invasion of Ukraine in an interview; during this, she also made several anti-semitic statements.

Personal life and death Father – Illarion Grigorievich Talyzin, from Russified Tatar. Mother – Anastasia Trifonovna Talyzina. Ex-husband – painter Leonid Nepomnyashchy. Daughter – Ksenia Khairova (also an actress), granddaughter Anastasia (born 1998).

Talyzina died on 21 June 2025, at the age of 90.

Selected filmography Talyzina starred in over 138 movies, including:

1968 – The Road to 'Saturn' as Nadya 1968 – Zigzag of Success (Зигзаг удачи) as Alevtina Vasilyevna 1971 – Grandads-Robbers (Старики-разбойники) as Fedyaev's secretary 1972 – Big School-Break (Большая перемена) as school chemical teacher 1974 – Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России) as hostess in the hotel 1975 – Afonya (Афоня) as Vostryakova 1975 – The Irony of Fate (Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!) as Nadya (voice) / Valya 1979 – The Luncheon on the Grass (Завтрак на траве) as Anna Petrovna 1981 – Agony (Агония) as Aglaia 1981 – Say a Word for the Poor Hussar (О бедном гусаре замолвите слово...) as Anna Speshneva 1983 – Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (Безумный день инженера Баркасова) as Kobylina 1984 – TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (ТАСС уполномочен заявить...) as Pilar (voice) 1985 – Guest from the Future (Гостья из будущего) as Mariya Pavlovna 1985 – After the Rain, on Thursday (После дождичка в четверг) as Varvara 1989 – Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи) 1991 – Genius (Гений) as Lubov Smirnova 2000 – Old Hags (Старые клячи) as cleaning woman 2003 – Lines of Fate (Линии судьбы) as Rosa Sergeevna 2007 – The Irony of Fate 2 (Ирония Судьбы. Продолжение) as Nadya (voice) / Valya 2009 – Attack on Leningrad (Ленинград) as Valentina 2015 – Kitchen (Кухня) as Elizaveta Genrikhovna