Natalya Andreychenko
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Natalya Andrejchenko is a popular Soviet actress of 1970s and 1980s. She is famous as the Russian Mary Poppins
.
Natalya made a decision to become an actress in early high school. After an unsuccessful attempt to get into the Schepkin Art School, she was admitted to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
where she studied in the Sergei Bondarchuk
and Irina Skobtseva
school. In 1976 she appeared in her first movies "Ot zari do Zari" and "Kolybelnaya dlya Muzchin". Her first successful film role was in the 1979 TV series Siberiade
, which received the special jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival
. However, Natalya became more popular in the Soviet Union
after her roles in "Mary Poppins, Do svidanya"
and "Voenno-polevoy roman", both feature films released in 1983.
She is married to the Austrian actor, writer, producer and director Maximilian Schell
, whom she met on the set of Peter the Great
. They have one daughter together, Anastasia Schell.
Mary Poppins (character)
Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the protagonist of P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins books and all of its adaptations. She is a magical nanny of unknown origins who arrives at the Banks home in Cherry Tree Lane where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons...
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Natalya made a decision to become an actress in early high school. After an unsuccessful attempt to get into the Schepkin Art School, she was admitted to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov), VGIK for short, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.-History:...
where she studied in the Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Bondarchuk
Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor.- Biography :Born in Belozerka, in the Kherson Governorate, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in the cities of Yeysk and Taganrog, graduating from the Taganrog School Number 4 in 1938. His first performance as an...
and Irina Skobtseva
Irina Skobtseva
Irina Konstantinova Skobtseva is a Russian/Soviet actress, wife of Sergei Bondarchuk, and mother of Elena and Fyodor Bondarchuk.She first met Sergei shooting Othello in 1955, and became his second wife in 1959. She starred as Pierre Bezukhov's wife Elena Kuragina Bezukhova in the juggernaut War...
school. In 1976 she appeared in her first movies "Ot zari do Zari" and "Kolybelnaya dlya Muzchin". Her first successful film role was in the 1979 TV series Siberiade
Siberiade
Siberiade is a 1979 epic Soviet film in four parts, spanning much of the 20th century. The leading roles were played by the celebrated Soviet actors Nikita Mikhalkov and Lyudmila Gurchenko...
, which received the special jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
. However, Natalya became more popular in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
after her roles in "Mary Poppins, Do svidanya"
Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Mary Poppins, Goodbye is a Soviet 1983 two-part musical miniseries , directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze. It is loosely based on Mary Poppins stories by Pamela L. Travers. The TV series were ordered by the Gosteleradio of USSR and produced by Mosfilm...
and "Voenno-polevoy roman", both feature films released in 1983.
She is married to the Austrian actor, writer, producer and director Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell is an Austrian-born Swiss actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961...
, whom she met on the set of Peter the Great
Peter the Great (TV Series)
Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian leader Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries....
. They have one daughter together, Anastasia Schell.
Filmography
- And Quiet Flows the DonAnd Quiet Flows the DonAnd Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don is the first part of the great Don epic Tikhiy Don , written by Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov. It originally appeared in serialized form between 1928 and 1940...
(2006) as "Dariya" - Moya bolshaya armyanskaya svadba (2004; TV miniseries) as "Lena's Mother"
- O'key (2002)
- Podari mne lunnyy svet (2001)
- "NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
" as "Leah Shenkov" (2000; 1 episode) - 8 ½ $ (1999) as "Kseniya"
- Modern Vampires (1998) (TV)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanDr. Quinn, Medicine WomanDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American post-Civil War western/drama series created by Beth Sullivan. Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, played by Jane Seymour, left Boston in search of adventure. She goes to Colorado Springs, Colorado where she establishes herself as doctor/adviser.The show ran on CBS...
(1997; 1 episode) - Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995) as "Francesca Zaborszin"
- Little OdessaLittle OdessaLittle Odessa is an American crime film released in 1994 by James Gray, featuring Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly and Vanessa Redgrave.The film earned a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and the Critic Prize at the Deauville Film Festival...
(1994) as "Natasha" - Candles in the Dark (1993) (TV) as "Marta Velliste"
- Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezdaLady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District* For the story by Nikolai Leskov, please see Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District * For the opera by Dmitri Shostakovich, please see Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District...
(1989) as "Yekaterina" - Peter the GreatPeter the Great (TV Series)Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian leader Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries....
(TV series) (1986 TV miniseries) as "Eudoxia" - Prosti (1986)
- Maritsa (1985) (TV) as "Maritsa"
- Voenno-polevoy roman (1983) as "Lyuba"
- Dvoe pod odnim zontom: Aprelskaya skazka / Two under a one umbrella (1983) as "Lyudmila"
- Meri Poppins, do svidaniya / Mary Poppins, Goodbye (1983) (TV)
- Chelovek, kotoryy zakryl gorod / A Man Who Has Closed the City (1982)
- Lyudmila (1982)
- Torgovka i poet / Saleswoman and a Poet (1980)
- Sibiriada / Syberiada (1980) as "Anastasya Solomina"
- Koney na pereprave ne menyayut (1980)
- Ukhodya – ukhodi / By going away – Go away (1978)
- Step (1977) as "Girl"
- Kolybelnaya dlya muzhchin / Lullaby for the mens (1976)
- Dolgi nashi / Our debts (1971)