Margarita Terekhova
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.
Also recorded as Margarita Borisovna Terekhova
Margarita Terekhova

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- Full name
- Маргарита Борисовна Терехова.
- Born
- 1942. · Turinsk.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Russia.
- Occupation
- actress, screenwriter and director.
- Fields
- acting, directing and film direction.
- Education
- National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek.
- Teachers
- Yuri Zavadsky.
- Honours
- Order of Honour, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Merited Artist of the RSFSR, USSR State Prize, Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR and school medal.
- Languages
- French and Russian.
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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.
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Margarita Terekhova (born 1942) is an actor, actress and director, among other activities, of Russian and Soviet nationality. The actor was born Маргарита Борисовна Терехова in Turinsk.
Margarita Terekhova was educated at National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek. The actor worked for Mossovet Theatre and worked in Soviet Union. Activity centred on acting, directing and film direction.
Languages used include French and Russian. Honours include Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR and Order of Honour, among others.
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Biography
Biography
Margarita Terekhova studied at National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek. Training under Yuri Zavadsky is recorded. The recorded working language is French and Russian. The field of work recorded is acting, directing and film direction. Places of work recorded in the authority are Soviet Union. Employment is recorded with Mossovet Theatre. Distinctions recorded are Order of Honour, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Merited Artist of the RSFSR and USSR State Prize.
Margarita Terekhova was born on August 25, 1942, in the town of Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast. In school, Margarita was interested in sport and was a basketball captain. She finished school with a gold medal. 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.
Family
Family
Father - Boris Terekhov - actor of the Sverdlovsk Theater. Mother - actress Galina Stanislavovna Tomasevic. Her first husband (1964-1967) - Vyacheslav Butenko, actor, Honored Artist of Russia. Second husband (1967-1969) - Savva Kirillovich Hashimov (March 5, 1940 - January 11, 2012), Bulgarian actor. They met on the set of Running on Waves. Third husband (1980-1995) - Georgiy Yurievich Gavrilov (born 1958), director. Daughter - actress Anna Terekhova (born 1967 or 1970), grandson Mikhail Dobrynin (born in 1988), from second husband Savva Hashimov. Son - actor, photographer, artist Alexander Terekhov (born July 12, 1981). His father is Georgiy Gavrilov. Daughter-in-law - Tatiana Naynik, daughter Vera Terekhova (b. 2015).
Mossovet Theatre
Mossovet Theatre
Cleopatra in the play Caesar and Cleopatra by Bernard Shaw (1964); Gertrude in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare Marie in the play The Clown based on the novel by Heinrich Böll (1968); Sonya in the play Crime and Punishment based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1971); Elizabeth in "Royal Hunt" based on the play by Leonid Zorin (1977); Lybov Sergeevna in "Theme with Variations" by Samuel Aleshin (1979).
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
1966 Hello, That's Me! as Tanya 1970 Belorussian station as Natasha Shipilova, Sasha's girlfriend 1972 Monologue as Tasya, Sretensky's daughter 1975 For the Rest of His Life as Faina and one-legged pregnant woman 1975 Mirror as the young Natalya/the mother 1976 The Blue Bird as Milk 1976 Trust as Aleksandra Kollontai 1977 Mama, I'm Alive as Svetlana 1978 The Dog in the Manger as countess Diana de Belflor 1978 D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers as Milady de Winter 1989 It as Anelka Lydohovskaya 1990 Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde as Rita
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Awards
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1976) Grand Prix of the International Film Festival of Auteur Pictures in San Remo, Italy (1991, for participation in the film "For Crazies Only") Prize of the International Film Festival Nordic in Rouen, France (1992, for participation in the film "For Crazies Only") International Film Festival prize in Bruges, Belgium (1993, for participation in the film "For Crazies Only") People's Artist of Russia (1996) Honorary Diploma and a prize (for her contribution to cinema) Tenth Moscow Festival of National Cinema "Moscow Premiere" (2012) Order of Honour (2013)
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- 1.Peter Rollberg. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. 690–691. 2009. 978-0-8108-6072-8.
- 2.Kremlin. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 22.10.1996 г. № 1481.
- 3.Dmitry Gordon. Маргарита ТЕРЕХОВА: "Рубить голову петуху? С какой стати? Я же артистка, а не этот самый — как его? — живодер". Bulvar Gordona.
- 4.Mossovet Theatre. Всенародная миледи Маргарита Терехова - Обычно не дает интервью. Но нам — исключение.
- 5.VokrugTV. Маргаритa Тереховa.
- 6.RIA Novosti. Биография Маргариты Тереховой. 2012-08-25.
- 7.rusactors.ru. Биография Маргариты Тереховой на сайте www.rusactors.ru.
- 8.Dmitry Gordon. Маргарита ТЕРЕХОВА: "В Талькова стреляли со стороны зрителей, когда он выступал на сцене. Он прошептал: "Как больно.", шагнул вперед и упал" Часть II. Bulvar Gordona.
- 9.talkov.info. Памяти Игоря Талькова посвящается… Статьи.
- 10.Segondya. Маргарита Терехова: "Я не буду до конца своих дней актрисой".
- 11.Маргарита Терехова: "Сын перестал разговаривать со мной.
- 12.Argumenty i Fakty. Миледи в жизни и на сцене. "Неподарочный" характер Маргариты Тереховой. 2014-08-25.
- 13.Argumenty i Fakty. Народная артистка России Маргарита Терехова отмечает 70-летний юбилей. 2012-08-25.
- 14.Argumenty i Fakty. Анна Терехова, дочь Маргариты Великой. 2001-01-15.
- 15.eg.ru. От Маргариты Тереховой две недели скрывали смерть бывшего мужа.
- 16.Терехов (Тураев) Александр.
- 17.womenclub.ru. Прекрасный сфинкс Маргарита Терехова.
- 18.eg.ru. Маргарита Терехова во второй раз стала бабушкой.
- 19.RIA Novosti. Маргарита Терехова получила первый за свою кинокарьеру приз. 2012-08-24.
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