# Marina Dyuzheva

Marina Mikhailovna Dyuzheva (Russian: Мари́на Миха́йловна Дю́жева, IPA:; née Kukushkina; born October 9, 1955) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress.

## Biography

Marina Dyuzheva graduated in 1976 from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. She was an actress in both theater and film from 1978 to 1997.
She has had roles in more than fifty films. Early in her career she acted under her maiden name, Kukushkina. She met her first husband, Nicholas Dyuzhev, the son of an influential official at the Ministry of Culture, while studying at the Academy; however, this marriage quickly disintegrated.
In 1994, Marina Dyuzheva was invited to dub the French series Helen and the Boys, and she continued this kind of work in other foreign films. In the 1996 and 1997 seasons of the game show The Keys to Fort Boryard, she voiced the female host, Sandrine Dominguez.

## Personal life

* Married her first husband, Nicholay Dyuzhev, in 1975 and divorced in 1978
* Married her second husband, writer, journalist, radio host and driving instructor Yuri Geiko on February 4, 1983.
** Son Mikhail, born October 9, 1981
** Son Gregory, born August 28, 1986

## Works
### Filmography

| Year | Film | Role |
| 1974 | At A Boyish Eighteen Years | Valya |
| 1974 | Think of Me As an Adult | Unknown |
| 1974 | Secret City | Pioneer leader |
| 1975 | Another Wedding | Asya |
| 1976 | Trainee | Katya Savelieva |
| 1976 | Townspeople | Masha |
| 1977 | For Family Reasons | Lida |
| 1977 | Mimino | Svetlana Georgievna, lawyer (mistakenly credited as Maria Dyuzheva) |
| 1977 | Relatives | Unknown |
| 1978 | The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya | Alenka |
| 1978 | Urgent Call | Xenia |
| 1978 | The Front for the Front Line | Katya |
| 1978 | Risk: A Noble Cause | Natasha |
| 1979 | Time Has Chosen Us | Masha, radio operator |
| 1979 | At The End of Summer | Nurse Vera |
| 1980 | National Border: We Are Ours, We Are New... | Nina Alekseevna Danovich |
| 1980 | Father and Son | Praskovya Tikhonov Skobeeva, teacher |
| 1980 | You Must Live | Oksana |
| 1980 | A Shot in the Back | Rita |
| 1980 | Key | Anya, wife of Valery |
| 1981 | Honest, Intelligent, Single | Katya |
| 1981 | Theft of the Century | Barbara Eryomina |
| 1981 | Girl and Grand | Marina Koşevaya |
| 1982 | For Happiness | Katya |
| 1982 | The Pokrovsky Gate | Anna Adamovna, graduate student |
| 1983 | Young People | Galya |
| 1984 | Zudov, You're Fired! | Elena Vasilevna |
| 1985 | My Choice | Valentina |
| 1985 | Malevolent Sunday | Nina Grigorievna |
| 1985 | Kalman's Riddle/Az élet muzsikája - Kálmán | Imre |
| 1985 | City Over Master | Liza |
| 1986 | How to Become Happy | Zoe, wife of Gosha |
| 1987 | Tumble Through the Head | Anna Ivanovna, head of the school |
| 1988 | Where is the Nophelet? | Marina |
| 1988 | One Day in December | Natashka/Katka/Maya |
| 1990 | The Arbat Motive | Olga |
| 1991 | Тень, или Может быть, всё обойдётся (untranslatable) | Princess |
| 1995 | Moscow Holidays | Grisha's ex-wife (in the credits as Maria) |
| 1995 | Without A Collar | Gudkov |
| 1996 | Impotent | Masha |
| 2000 | The Envy of the Gods | Unknown |
| 2002 | A Friendly Little Family | Maria Potykaeva |
| 2002 | Arrow of Love | Irina Mikhailovna |
| 2007 | Pastries with Potato | Anna |
| 2008 | The Story of Love, or A New Year's Joke | Mama Pauline |
| 2008 | Daddy's Daughters | Pianist Violetta |
| 2009 | Mine | Lyudmila Petrovna Sveshnikov |
| 2009 | Blood Is Not Water | Elena Kulikova, mother of Anna and Masha |
| 2010 | White Dress | Aunt Masha |
| 2011 | Cupid | Lyudmila Arkadevna Odintsov, Victoria's mother |
| 2012 | My Favorite Genius | Marina Petrovna, Misha's mother |
| 2012 | Jungle | Lubov, mother of Marina |
| 2013 | People's Doctor: The Return | Vera |
| 2013 | Family Circumstances | Irina Lyubochkina |
| 2014 | Son to Father | Vadima, foster mother |
| 2014 | Exclusion Zone | Zinaida |
| 2016 | My Favorite In-Law | Olga |

### Television series

* 1988: Objective Circumstances — Irina Antipova

### Cartoon Voices

* 2005: The Story of One Frog's Love

### Documentary Films

* 2009: A Whole-Hearted Confession (documentary biopic dedicated to the work of Igor Starygin)

### Theater Roles
#### Independent Theater Project

* "Fierce Dance" (based on the novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) - Mary
* "Boing Boing" - M. Kamoletti — Berta
* "Calendar Girls" - T. Ferta — Ruth

#### Theatrical Production Center "Rusart"

* "Five Nights" - Alexander Volodin - Zoe

#### Theatrical Marathon

* "Dear Pamela" (based on the play by John Patrick) — Pamela Cronk