Natalya Igorevna Seleznyova (russian: Ната́лья И́горевна Селезнёва; born 19 June 1945) is a

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and

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n theater and film actress.

Biography

She first took the stage at the age of six, participating in the

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plays. Her notable cinema work includes roles in films directed by

Leonid Gaidai Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the fo ...

, like ''

Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures ''Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures'' (russian: Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика, Operatsiya „Yery“ i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika) is a 1965 Soviet slapstick comedy film directed by Leoni ...

'' and '' Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future''. In 1966 she graduated from the

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(course of Boris Zakhava) and became an actress of Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire. In 1968, on the set of film "'' Caliph-Stork''" met the actor Vladimir Andreyev, whom she married. In the 1970s she became famous in the USSR as Mrs. Katarina, one of the main characters in ''" The 13 Chairs Pub''" TV series. In 2014, Seleznyova became an assistant to the Children's Rights Commissioner for the

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(children's ombudsman).

Awards

*Honored Artist of the RSFSR (30 September 1981) *

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

(2 May 1996) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

(1 December 2006) *

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(16 July 2015)Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16 июля 2015 № 369 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»
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Filmography

References

External links

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Наталья Селезнёва at the KinoExpert.ru
1945 births Living people Actresses from Moscow Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Soviet television actresses Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Russian television actresses 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) People's Artists of Russia Russian child actresses {{USSR-actor-stub