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Vera Alentova

1942 - 2025

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Vera Valentinovna Alentova (Russian: Вера Валентиновна Алентова; 21 February 1942 – 25 December 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actress famous for her leading role in Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Vera Alentova is the 2,781st most popular actor (down from 2,402nd in 2024), the 1,157th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,117th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Russian Actor.

Vera Alentova was most famous for her iconic leading role as Katerina in the 1980 film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, directed by her husband Vladimir Menshov, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and became a massive hit with over 80 million viewers in the USSR. She enjoyed a distinguished theater career spanning over 60 years at the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre and appeared in numerous other films and series, earning honors such as People's Artist of Russia.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vera Alentova ranks 2,781 out of 13,578. Before her are Adile Naşit, Morena Baccarin, Walter Pidgeon, Pierre Blanchar, Corbin Bleu, and William Katt. After her are Ryan Phillippe, Jamel Debbouze, Tia Carrere, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Maria Ouspenskaya, and Edwige Feuillère.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Vera Alentova ranks 285. Before her are Reinhard Mey, Eumir Deodato, Ama Ata Aidoo, Rupert Sheldrake, Natalia Gutman, and David J. Griffiths. After her are Jackie Oliver, Derek Parfit, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Hannes Löhr, Ghada al-Samman, and Beverly Aadland.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vera Alentova ranks 1,157 out of 3,761. Before her are Sergei Shtemenko (1907), Yuri Orlov (1924), Matrona Nikonova (1881), Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1940), Viktor Astafyev (1924), and Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia (1887). After her are Elvira Nabiullina (1963), Alexey Maresyev (1916), Maria Ouspenskaya (1876), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1938), Alexander Miasnikian (1886), and Lidiya Skoblikova (1939).

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Among ACTORS In Russia

Among actors born in Russia, Vera Alentova ranks 40. Before her are Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946), Anastasiya Vertinskaya (1944), Savely Kramarov (1934), Yury Solomin (1935), Georgy Vitsin (1917), and Olga Baclanova (1893). After her are Maria Ouspenskaya (1876), Margarita Terekhova (1942), Yevgeny Vakhtangov (1883), Irina Skobtseva (1927), Ivan Mosjoukine (1889), and Vladimir Etush (1922).

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