Valentina Markova
Biography
Valentina Markova, born on May 5, 1942, in Moscow, began her career in 1958 at the evening studio of the Moscow State Drama Theatre, and later graduated from the GИТIS in 1965. She has appeared in several notable films, including "Ballad of a Soldier" (1959), where she played the lead role of Zoya. Markova's personal life includes a marriage to actor Georgy Martynuk, from 1965 to 1979, and the loss of her daughter, Elizaveta, in 1985.