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. 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

Filmography

• 2014Journey to the Mother
• 2005The Seagull — Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina, Director, Writer
• 1999One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
• 1995The Trail
• 1994The Forbidden Fruit — Sledovatelkata
• To Remember — Narrator
• 1991For Crazies Only — Rita
• 1990Broken Light
• 1990Green Goat Fire
• 1990In the Middle of the World
• 1990Our Father
• 1989Dissident
• 1989Ono — Anelka Lyadokhovskaya
• 1988Achisai
• 1986Primary Russia — Theodora
• 1983Behind the Blue Nights
• 1983I Don't Want to Be Unhappy — жена
• 1982Everything Could Have Been Otherwise — Dorina
• 1982Let's Get Married — Елена Дмитриевна Воронова
• 1980Marta the Pious Woman — Doña Marta
• 1980No Peace for Me in Love — Клеопатра / Дездемона / Офелия / Катарина / леди Анна
• 1980Santa Esperansa
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood — Helena Landless
• D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers — Milady de Winter
• 1979Schedule for the Day After Tomorrow — Антонина Сергеевна
• 1979The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut — Манон Леско
• 1978Ordinary Children — Vera, Olya's mother
• 1978Players
• 1978Who Will go to Truskavets?
• 1977Mama, I’m Alive — Swetlana
• 1977The Dog in the Manger — Diana
• 1977While the Mountains Still Stand... — Катя Шалагина
• 1976Daylight Train
• 1976Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat — Vera
• 1976Rikki-Tikki-Tavi — Margaret Louson
• 1976The Blue Bird — Milk
• 1976Trust — Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai
• For the Rest of My Life — Teacher Faina
• 1975Mirror — Natalya / Maroussia - the Mother
• 1974Sergeev Seeking Sergeev — Tanya
• 1973Childhood. Boyhood. Youth — Natalia Nikolayevna (Mama)
• 1973Monologue — Тася, дочь Сретенского
• My Life
• 1972The Fourth
• 1971Byelorussian Station — Natasha Shipilova
• 1971Family Happiness — Masha
• 1969Angel Pavement — Lena Golspie
• 1967Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes — Joanie
• 1967The Wave Runner — Biche Seniel / Frezi Grant
• 1966Hello, It's Me! — Tanya

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2012Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky — Self
• 2007Islands: Georgy Rerberg — Self