Margarita Terekhova

Born: 1942-08-25

Margarita Borisovna Terekhova (Russian: Маргари́та Бори́совна Те́рехова; born August 25, 1942 in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. She was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia in 1996. From 1959 she studied at the physics and mathematics faculty at the Tashkent State University from 1959 until 1961. After that she went to Moscow and tried to get into VGIK but her application was declined. After that she enrolled to study at the school-studio of Yuri Zavadsky at the Mossovet Theatre. After her graduation in 1964 she worked for many years as an actress of the Mossovet Theatre. From 1983 to 1987 she acted in the theatre group "The Puppet Show" organized by her and Igor Talkov. Terekhova's acting debut was in 1965 in the film Hello, That's Me!. Margarita became particularly popular in the late 1970s, after the release of a costumed musical TV films The Dog in the Manger and D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. At first she played the capricious Countess Diana de Belflor, in the second - the treacherous Milady. Leading roles followed in films made by directors including Andrei Smirnov and Ilya Averbakh (Monologue, 1972) as well as the dual-role in Andrei Tarkovsky's acclaimed Mirror (1975). And more international co-productions came after, including George Cukor's The Blue Bird (1976) and Konrad Wolf's Mama, I'm Alive (1977). Terekhova's subsequent work in film proved her high level of acting expertise but did not attain the success as her earlier work. Margarita Terekhova worked and was friends with Igor Talkov. They had a close relationship and worked for some time together at the musical theatre collective "Balaganchik". In 2005 she made her debut as a director, shooting the film The Seagull based on the work of Anton Chekhov. Since then, Terekhova has retired from acting and almost never gives interviews due to her struggle with Alzheimer's disease. She rarely appears in public and hardly ever attends public events


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Mirror

as Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
Released: 1975-03-07

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that...

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The Blue Bird

as Milk
Released: 1976-04-05

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the...

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One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

as uncredited
Released: 1999-05-15

A documentary about the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was an episode of the...

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The Dog in the Manger

as Diana
Released: 1977-01-01

A musical comedy based on classical play by Félix Lope de Vega.

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Давай поженимся

as Елена Дмитриевна Воронова
Released: 1982-04-30

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Byelorussian Station

as Natasha Shipilova
Released: 1971-04-30

The heroes of the movie last seen each other on the Belarusian railway station in the summer of...

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Primary Russia

as Theodora
Released: 1986-03-31

The film takes place in pre-Christian Russia, when Ratibor united the East Slavs into one army...

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Hello, It's Me!

as Tanya
Released: 1966-03-26

Artyom (Armen Dzhigarkhanyan) is a scientist who buries himself in his work after the woman he...

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Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata

as Vera
Released: 1976-06-21

In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran,...

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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

as Margaret Louson
Released: 1976-09-01

Rikki is a young mongoose who is adopted by a human family after nearly drowning in the river....

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Marta the Pious Woman

as Doña Marta
Released: 1980-06-06

A musical comedy based on the classic play by Tirso de Molina.

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Trust

as Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai
Released: 1976-08-20

Directed by Edvin Laine and Viktor Tregubovich, Trust (1976) is a Finnish-Soviet historical...

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Broken Light

as uncredited
Released: 1990-10-01

An art film about the life of Soviet creatives in the late 1980s.

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Daylight Train

as uncredited
Released: 1976-06-06

Two old friends living in Moscow and St. Petersburg are hoping to get their children married.

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It

as Anelka Lyadokhovskaya
Released: 1989-02-11

The bureaucratic epos on the dialogues and plots of Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a...

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Monologue

as Тася, дочь Сретенского
Released: 1973-05-23

Professor Sretenski is a scientist and director of a research center in Russia. He is separated...

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Моя жизнь

as uncredited
Released: 1972-08-07

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The Fourth

as uncredited
Released: 1972-12-09

American journalist gets a sensational material but is afraid to publish it...

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

as Елена
Released: 1980-09-15

In Closterham, Edwin Drood and Rose Button confront his uncle John Jasper, the church choir...

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За синими ночами

as uncredited
Released: 1983-01-01

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Players

as uncredited
Released: 1978-08-10

The play is about the Game, about creativity, which this time turned into the form of a...

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The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut

as Манон Леско
Released: 1979-12-31

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Children as children

as Vera, Olya's mother
Released: 1978-06-03

Four years ago, Igor, Olya's father, fell in love with another woman, Tatyana, and left his...

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Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self
Released: 2012-04-04

Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky. The film uses unique materials related to...

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The Forbidden Fruit

as Sledovatelkata
Released: 1994-10-28

The film depicts the incredible metamorphosis of a clerk whose sense of identity and pride are...

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While the Mountains Still Stand...

as Катя Шалагина
Released: 1976-01-01

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For Crazies Only

as uncredited
Released: 1991-02-18

A young man is taken to a small town hospital after a suicide attempt. Rita is a beautiful...

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Санта Эсперанса

as uncredited
Released: 1980-11-01

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Mama, I’m Alive

as Swetlana
Released: 1977-02-24

In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers....

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Everything Could Have Been Otherwise

as Dorina
Released: 1982-12-20

Growing up in an orphanage, Florin is trying to find his mother Dorina, whom he has not seen for...

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Who Will go to Truskavets?

as uncredited
Released: 1978-05-26

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The Wave Runner

as Biche Seniel / Frezi Grant
Released: 1967-06-07

A pianist named Garvey, while traveling on a tour, gets off the train to buy cigarettes, and...

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Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow

as Антонина Сергеевна
Released: 1979-04-29

A literary teacher Antonina Sergeevna goes to work at an elite physical and mathematical lyceum...

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Отче наш

as uncredited
Released: 1990-02-01

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Islands: Georgy Rerberg

as Self
Released: 2007-01-01

A short documentary about the life and career of cinematographer Georgy Rerberg.

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Зелёный огонь козы

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-01

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Chayka

as uncredited
Released: 2005-06-06

Новая экранизация знаменитой пьесы Антона Павловича Чехова. Действие фильма разворачивается в...

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In the Middle of the World

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-13

Documentary about Arseniy Tarkovsky, poet and father of Andrei Tarkovsky.

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The Trail

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

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To Remember

as Narrator
First aired: 1993-12-09

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D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers

as Milady de Winter
First aired: 1979-12-25

The musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady.

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