# Olga Volkova (actress)

Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (Russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 in Leningrad) is a Russian theatre and film actress. She began her career at the Bryantsev Youth Theatre in Leningrad. She appeared in more than ninety films since 1968.

## Biography

Olga Volkova was born in Leningrad (modern day - St. Petersburg), in a family of actors. In 1960 she graduated from the acting studio at the Leningrad Youth Theater (workshop of Leonid Makariev).
In 1970-1976, a meeting took place at the Leningrad Comedy Theater, after which Olga moved to the Bolshoi Drama Theater, where she worked until 1996.

## Selected filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | The Secret of Lilith | Galina Lvovnа | |
| 2021 | Dibs (Babki) | Evgenia Vasilievna | |
| 2021 | Cursed Official | Valentina Serafimovna | |
| 2020 | Ivanko | Valya's grandmother | |
| 2020 | Chorus | Olga Ilyinichna | |
| 2020 | Parents 4 | Grandmother | |
| 2020 | Cursed Days | Irina, Lena's mother | Short story "Happy Ending" |
| 2019 | Unfinished Battle | Dorm commandant | |
| 2019 | Belovodie. Mystery of the Lost Country | Landlady | |
| 2018 | What Men talk about. Continuation | Lesha's mother | |
| 2016 | Nurse | Raisa Mikhailovna, Anna's mother-in-law | |
| 2016 | Life After Life (Heaven Will Wait) | Margarita Stepanovna, mother of Khorkov | |
| 2014 | The Line | Marfa, "commandant" of a communal apartment | |
| 2014 | Fedka | Nadezhda Vasilievna | |
| 2014 | Under the Heel | Elizaveta Borisovna, Kostya's mother | |
| 2014 | Moms 3 | Antonina Ivanovna | |
| 2014 | In the Same Breath | Vera Vasilievna | |
| 2013 | Treasures of O.K. | Museum curator | |
| 2013 | Toy Seller | Tour guide | |
| 2013 | Twists of Fate | Maria Ivanovna | |
| 2013 | Upside Down | Raisa, Andrey's mother | |
| 2013 | Veronica. Fugitive | Marya Stepanovna | |
| 2013 | Marathon | Valentina Ivanovna | |
| 2013 | Sherlock Holmes | Emma Naligan | |
| 2012 | Daddy's Daughters: Superbrides | Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko, grandmother of the girls, mother of Lyudmila Sergeevna | |
| 2012 | Yegor's Secret | Alevtina Petrovna | |
| 2012 | Holiday Locked Up | Kira Pavlovna | |
| 2012 | The Last Role of Rita | Tatyana Yuryevna | |
| 2012 | Moms | Mother | Short story "My Beloved" |
| 2012 | Veronica. Lost Happiness | Maria Stepanova | |
| 2012 | Dodo Day | Zoya Anatolyevna | |
| 2012 | A Man With a Guarantee | Grandma Nina | |
| 2012 | Exchange Rings | Maria Ivanovna | |
| 2011 | Newlyweds | A friend of Andrei Petrovich at the dance | |
| 2011 | Pandora's Box | Lyudmila | |
| 2011 | Comrade Stalin | Thrush | |
| 2011 | Comrade Police Officers | Galina Evgenievna | |
| 2011 | The Best Summer of Our Life | Klara Semyonovna | |
| 2010 | Olympic Village | Janitor | |
| 2010 | Ivanov (film) | Avdotya Nazarovna | |
| 2010 | Lawyers | Galina Arkadievna Vitruk | |
| 2010 | There is Someone Here | Tamara Proskurina, Dmitry's mother | |
| 2010 | Death of Vazir-Mukhtar. Love and Life of Griboedov | Praskovya Nikolaevna | |
| 2010 | Wedding. A Business. Death | Atueva | |
| 2010 | Grandmother Ada | Grandmother Ada | |
| 2009 | I Will Live! | Margarita Pavlovna | |
| 2009 | Blood is Not Water | Anya and Masha's grandmother | |
| 2009 | Zhurov | Pankratova | Series "Resort Romance" |
| 2009 | Unfinished Lesson | Nadezhda Petrovna, headmistress of the school | |
| 2009 | Moscow Courtyard | Sofia Sergeevna | |
| 2009 | Cossacks (cartoon series) | Mother of Empress Catherine II | Voice |
| 2008 | The Vicissitudes of Fate | Olga Petrovna | |
| 2008 | Thank You for Everything 3 | Henrietta Leopoldovna | |
| 2008 | Harp for Your Beloved | Ada, Zoya's mother, Honored Teacher of the USSR | |
| 2008 | Hope as Evidence of Life | Nina Nikolaevna Tikhomirova, headmistress of a private school | |
| 2007—2012 | Daddy's Daughters | Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko, grandmother of girls, mother of Lyudmila Sergeevna | |
| 2007 | Treasure | Tamara | |
| 2007 | Rude and Sam | Anna Romanovna | |
| 2007 | Luna-Odessa | Borya's mother | |
| 2007 | House on the English Embankment | Dunya | |
| 2007 | 20 Cigarett | Zinaida Arkadievna (Andrei's mother-in-law) | |
| 2006 | Three From Above | Martha | |
| 2006 | Vices and Their Fans | Elena Tikhonovna Filimonovna, Masha's grandmother | |
| 2006 | Virtual Romance | Inessa Sigismundovna, neighbor on the porch | |
| 2006 | Payment for Love | Mother | |
| 2006 | Travesty | Student, director's assistant | |
| 2005-2006 | Lyuba, Children and the Plant | Evgenia Aleksandrovna Orlova | |
| 2005 | Twelve Chairs | Madame Petukhova, mother-in-law Vorobyaninov | |
| 2005 | My Love | Rosa, Vadim and Angela's neighbor | |
| 2005 | Fool | Tatyana Ivanovna Pereverzeva | |
| 2005 | The Machinations of Love | Zinaida Romanovna | |
| 2005 | The Most Beautiful | Librarian | |
| 2003 | Evlampia Romanova. The Investigation is Conducted by an Amateur | Emma Markovna | Series "Poker with a Shark" |
| 2003 | The Modern Game | Kitsinskaya | |
| 2002-2005 | Friendly Family | Olga Ivanovna, grandmother | |
| 2001 | New Year's Adventures | Oskolkina | |
| 2001 | Drakosha and Company | Zhanna Eduardovna | |
| 2001 | Trail of the Werewolf | Sonya Gurvich | |
| 2001 | The Tale of Fedot the Archer | Baba Yaga | |
| 2000 | Still Waters | Varvara Petrovna Muromova, police detective | |
| 2000 | Fortuna | Saleswoman | |
| 2000 | Still Waters (2000 film) | Varvara Petrovna Muromova, investigator | |
| 2000 | Bremen Town Musicians & Co | Donkey senior's wife | |
| 1998 | Paradise Apple | Doctor | |
| 1998 | Totalitarian Novel | Andrei's aunt | |
| 1997 | Poor Sasha | Amalia Arkadievna, Sasha's nanny | |
| 1996 | Hello, Fools! | Ophthalmologist | |
| 1994 | Tribulation | Clasha, Olya's grandmother | |
| 1994 | I'm Free, I'm Nobody's | Gulyaev's wife | |
| 1994 | Golden Ring, a Bouquet of Scarlet Roses | Varvara | |
| 1993 | Passion for Angelica | Kirillovna, mother of Angelica | |
| 1993 | Happy Loser | Psychiatrist | |
| 1993 | I Don't Want to Get Married! | Tsvetkova, Alexander's mother | |
| 1993 | Devil, I’m bored | Junk witch | |
| 1992 | Racket | Melnikov's mother | |
| 1992 | Oriental Novel | Fatima, wife of Said | |
| 1992 | Old Young People | Alla Petrovna Shapkina, secretary of the city committee | |
| 1992 | Strange Men of Semenova Ekaterina | Headmistress of the boarding school | |
| 1991 | Anna Karamazoff | Neighbor | |
| 1991 | Promised Heaven | Katya Ivanova | |
| 1991 | Inner Circle | Tamara Petrovna | |
| 1991 | Promised Heaven | Katya Ivanova | |
| 1991 | Anna Karamazoff | Neighbor | |
| 1990 | Jokes | Marina Rodionovna/ lady/devil | |
| 1990 | Pit | Lady-charity | |
| 1990 | Quarry | Baranovskaya | |
| 1990 | Sunset | Potapovna | |
| 1990 | Suicide | Raisa Filippovna | |
| 1988 | To Kill a Dragon | Wife of a blacksmith | |
| 1988 | Treasure | Director of a jewelry store | |
| 1988 | Gypsy Baron | Mirabella | |
| 1988 | Physicists | Matilda von Zand, chief physician of the Cherry Orchard sanatorium | |
| 1988 | Weekdays and Holidays of Serafima Glukina | Elvira Pavlovna, double bass player | |
| 1987 | Forgotten Melody for a Flute | Surova | |
| 1987 | Madam Minister | Savka | |
| 1987 | Daughter | Insurance agent | |
| 1987 | The Tale of the Painter in Love | Queen Driesophila II | |
| 1987 | The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Vali | Grandmother | |
| 1986 | Forgive Me (film) | Lydia Mikhailovna Svirskaya | |
| 1986 | Exceptions without Rules | Secretary Yascherova | Short story "Paper Clips" |
| 1986 | With Open Doors | Nadezhda Petrovna, engineer | |
| 1986 | My Dearly Beloved Detective | Mary Harvey, actress | |
| 1985 | Dream in Hand, or Suitcase | Antonina Sergeevna, editor | |
| 1985 | Defendant | Lidia Sergeevna, people's assessor | |
| 1985 | Did you call the Snow Maiden? | Svetlana Ivanovna | |
| 1984 | TASS Is Authorized to Declare... | Emma Schantz | |
| 1984 | A Cruel Romance | Modiste | |
| 1984 | Overheard Conversation | Teacher | |
| 1984 | Olga and Konstantin | Saleswoman | |
| 1984 | And then Came Bumbo... | The Sister-in-law | |
| 1984 | Applause, Applause... | Polina, director's assistant | |
| 1984 | Understudy Begins to Act | Lydia Ivanovna, secretary | |
| 1983 | Unique | Member of the artistic council | |
| 1982 | Station for Two | Violetta, waitress | |
| 1982 | Treasure Island | Mrs. Hawkins, Jim's mother | |
| 1982 | The Hat of Monomakh | Alla Perfilievna, the school principal's secretary | |
| 1982 | Theft | Mrs. Stone, typist Starkuetra | |
| 1979 | Die Fledermaus | Lotta | |
| 1979 | I Ask to Accuse Klava K. of My Death | Irina Grigorievna, kindergarten teacher | |
| 1979 | Three Men in a Boat (1979 film) | The boy's mother, lost in the maze | |
| 1979 | Autumn Story | Teacher | |
| 1979 | My First Friend | Sasha's mother | |
| 1979 | We'll Be Back in The Fall | Zina Vyazova | Uncredited |
| 1972 | A Teacher of Singing | Mila's mother | |

## Awards

In 1993 Volkova received the People's Artist of Russia award. In 2002 won Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film The Tale of Fedot-Sagittarius (Baba Yaga).