Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the cheerful Klavdia Nikolaevna in "Unrepeatable Spring" (1957). Born into a family of wealth and position, she attained her degree in theatrical arts from the Moscow Art Theater School, and a month after graduating she made her cinematic debut as Desdemona in the film "Othello" (1955). Often typecast as wives, mothers, love interests, educators, heroines, society matrons, doctors, nurses, secretaries, and matriarchs, she appeared in such films as "Splendid Days" (1960), "Walking the Streets of Moscow" (1963), "Thirty Three" (1965), "War and Peace" (1967), "Zigzag of Success" (1968), "Waterloo" (1970), "Hopelessly Lost" (1973), "Earthy Love" (1974), "They Fought for their Country" (1975), "Father Sergius" (1978), "The Gadfly" (1980), "Red Bells II" (1983), "Mary Poppins, Goodbye" (1983), "Time and the Conways" (1984), "Boris Godunov" (1986), "The Envy of the Gods" (2000), "Amber Wings" (2003), "Heat" (2006), "Actress" (2007), and "In the Style of Jazz" (2010). She also appeared in guest spots of the television series "And Quiet flows the Don," "Gaishniki," and "The Dragon Syndrome". She also appeared on the stage in both her native country as well as London, England, and New York, New York, appearing in such productions as "A Doll's House," "Les Miserables," "Murder on the Orient Express," "Angel Street," "Hedda Gabler," and "Brewster Millions." During her career, she received the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1974, was awarded the Order of Friendship in 1997, was a 2018 recipient of the Order of Honour, was an assistant professor of the department of acting for the National Film Actors Theater, presided as a chairwoman for the film company Lenfilm, and she was married to stage director and actor Sergei Bondarchuk from 1959 until his death in 1994. In addition, she was the mother of actress Yelena Bondarchuk (who predeceased her in 2009) and actor-director Fyodor Bondarchuk. After retiring in 2016, with over 60 titles to her credit, she spent the final years of her life devoted to her family, was influential in helping establish the television career of her grandson Konstantin Kryukov, and dividing time between her homes in Cannes, France, and Vienna, Austria.