Victoria Tennant
Victoria Tennant (born 30 September 1950) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the TV miniseries "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance", in which she appeared as actor Robert Mitchum's on-screen love interest, Pamela Tudsbury, as well as her supporting roles in such movies as "All of Me" (1984), ' (1985), "Flowers in the Attic" (1987), ' (1990), and "L.A. Story" (1991). Early life. Tennant was born in London, England. Her mother, Irina Baronova, was a Russian prima ballerina who appeared with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; her father, Cecil Tennant , was a producer and talent agent for MCA. Her maternal grandfather, Mikhail Baronov, was a senior officer in the Russian Navy; his wife, the former Lydia Vishniakova, was a general's daughter. Tennant has a sister, Irina, and a brother, Robert, both of whom were seriously injured in a car accident in 1967, in which their father was killed. Tennant's godfather was the actor Laurence Olivier. Like her mother, Tennant trained in ballet, first at the Elmhurst Ballet School and then (for two years) at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career. After a number of roles in  British and other European films, including "The Ragman's Daughter" and "Inseminoid", she emigrated to the United States. She then appeared in the TV mini-series "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance", and films such as "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Best Seller". She starred in two films with Steve Martin, her future husband: "All of Me" and "L.A. Story". In 2014, she published a memoir about her mother titled "Irina Baronova and The Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo", published by the University of Chicago Press. The book was presented at the Bel Air Country Club in Bel  Air, Los Angeles. Personal life. Tennant's first marriage was to Peppo Vanini, a nightclub owner who owned the Xenon nightclub, in 1969 (divorced, 1976). She dated Matthew Chapman, a writer and director from 1978 until 1982, but ended their relationship upon meeting actor–comedian Steve Martin. She married Martin in 1986, and they divorced in 1994. Since 1996, Tennant has been married to Kirk Justin Stambler, a lawyer for Warner Bros., with whom she has a daughter, Katya, and a son, Nikolai.