Valentina Malyavina

Valentina Aleksandrovna Malyavina (; 18 June 1941 – 30 October 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. She is best known for roles in Ivan's Childhood (1962) and King Stag (1969). Biography Malyavina was born in Moscow on 18 June 1941. In 1962 she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and was accepted into the troupe of the Lenkom Theatre. From 1965 to 1979 she served in the Vakhtangov Theatre. In 1979, she moved to the National Film Actors' Theatre, where she worked until 1983, and since 1988 at the Moscow Theatre Artist. Her first husband (1959–1963) was actor Aleksandr Zbruyev.