# 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). 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.

## 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.

### Career

Between 1952 and 1954, Talyzina studied at the Omsk Agricultural Institute.
In 1954, she was admitted to the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, where she graduated in 1958. That same year, she became part of the Mossovet Theatre troupe.
She made her film debut in 1963 in the detective film The Man who Doubts, where she played the role of Inna. But, it wasn’t until the late 1960s that she began to actively act in film. One of her first big acting successes was the role of Nadya in the adventure film Road to Saturn.
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.
For her performance in the television series Lines of Fate, Valentina Talyzina received the Golden Eagle Award as Best Television Actress in 2004.
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.

## Family

* Father — Illarion Grigorievich Talyzin, from Russified Tatar.
* Mother — Anastasia Trifonovna Talyzina.
* Ex-husband — painter Leonid Nepomnyashchy.
** Daughter — Ksenia Khairova (also an actress), granddaughter Anastasia (1998).

## Selected filmography

Talyzina starred in over 138 movies, including:
* 1968 The Road to 'Saturn' (Russian: Путь в «Сатурн») 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
* 1974 Agony (Агония) as Aglaia
* 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 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