Valentina Talyzina

Biography

Valentina Talyzina was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress born on January 22, 1935, in Omsk. She became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985 and was awarded the Order of Honor in 2005. A longtime member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Talyzina graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in 1958 and began her acting career in the late 1960s with notable roles in films such as "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!" and "Afonya".