Valentina Petrovna Telegina (; February 23, 1915 — October 4, 1979) was a Soviet and Russian actress.
Biography Valentina Petrovna Telegina was born on February 23, 1915, in Novocherkassk, capital of Don Cossacks (now the Rostov Oblast).
In 1937, she graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Performing Arts, workshop of Sergei Gerasimov.
In 1937 she became an actress of Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre, moving to the Baltic Fleet Theatre in 1940, until 1941.
She started acting in films in 1934. She had her first big role as Motya Kotenkova in Sergei Gerasimov's film Komsomolsk, released in 1938.Валентина Телегина. Короли эпизода
After the war she moved to Moscow, working at the Gorky Film Studio from 1946.Чтобы помнили (in Russian)
She aimed to embody the character of the Russian woman in all its diversity.
Telegina died on October 4, 1979. She was buried in Moscow at the Mitinskoe Cemetery.Могила Валентины Телегиной on m-necropol.ru
Selected filmography Komsomolsk (1938) as Motya Kotenkova The New Teacher (1939) as Stepanida Ivanovna Lautina Member of the Government (1939) as Praskovya Telegina The District Secretary (1942) as Darya Springtime (1947) as Researcher The Train Goes East (1947) as Pasha The Precious Seed (1948) as Varvara Stepanovna Kurochkina Cossacks of the Kuban (1950) as Avdotya Khristoforovna The Village Doctor (1951) as medical orderly Sporting Honour (1951) as Vetlugina The Frigid Sea (1954) as Terentyevna World Champion (1954) as aunt Polya Sailor Chizhik (1955) as Avdotya Petrovna The Drummer's Fate (1955) as aunt Tanya Pavel Korchagin (1956) as moonshiner It Happened in Penkovo (1957) as Alevtina The House I Live In (1957) as Klavdia Kondratyevna Davydova Ballad of a Soldier (1959) as Old woman truck driver Resurrection (1960) as Korablyova Farewell, Doves (1960) as Mariya Yefimovna Man Follows the Sun (1961) as woman reading a letter The Alive and the Dead (1964) as Kulikova Tale About the Lost Time (1964) as Avdotya Petrovna Three Poplars in Plyushcikha (1967) as Fedosia Ivanovna We'll Live Till Monday (1968) as school nurse Remember Your Name (1974) as nurse in hospital Step Forward (1975) as nurse in hospital The Luncheon on the Grass (1979) as cook in pioneer camp
Awards Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1961)Валентина Телегина. Русское кино People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974)Валентина Телегина. Биография
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