Telichkina Valentina Ivanovna (born January 10, 1945, in the selo of Krasnoye, Arzamassky District, Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, Region) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the Russian Federation. A native of the Nizhny Novgorod area, she gained nationwide fame after her debut in the film "Journalist" (1967) and won broad recognition among a new generation of viewers thanks to her role in the series "Brigada" (2002).[1]
Origins and Childhood
She was born into a large peasant family: her father, Ivan Fyodorovich Telichkin, was a renowned master of felt-boot making (valenki) who bore a personal golden hallmark. In the 1930s he was dekulakized and sentenced to death by shooting; the family lost its house and property. Thanks to the efforts of the father's sister, who sold the family jewelry, the execution was averted. After his release, Ivan Fyodorovich worked as a locksmith and built a new house. Valentina was the seventh child in the family and was born on the fortieth birthday of her mother, Tatyana Dmitriyevna.[2]
From childhood she took part in amateur arts: she sang chastushki, recited poetry, danced, and played guitar in a string orchestra.[2]
Education and Career
After finishing school she left for Moscow and was admitted to VGIK on her first attempt, into the workshop of Vladimir Belokurov, where in 1963–1967 she studied in the same year as Yekaterina Vasilyeva and other future well-known actors.[2] Since 1969 she has been a member of the troupe of the Film Actors' Theater-Studio in Moscow.[1]
Among her most significant film works: "Journalist" (1967), "Zigzag of Luck" (1968), "At the Lake" (1969), "It Can't Be!" (1975), "Telling the Whole World a Secret" (1976), "Five Evenings" (1978), "Vassa" (1982), "Where Is the Nofelet?" (1987), and the television series "Brigada" (2002) and "Yesenin" (2005).[1]
Recognition and Awards
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (December 31, 1976).[1] Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1976) for creating portraits of contemporaries in film.[1] Laureate of the RSFSR State Prize named after the Vasilyev Brothers (1985) for her performance as Anna Onoshenkova in the film "Vassa."[1] People's Artist of the Russian Federation (April 16, 2009).[1]
Sources
- names52.ru — Telichkina Valentina Ivanovna
- zhizn.ru — Actress Valentina Telichkina: Films, Personal Life, and How She Looks Now