Margarita Terekhova was born on August 25, 1942, in the town ofTurinsk,Sverdlovsk Oblast. In school, Margarita was interested in sport and was abasketball captain. She finished school with a gold medal.[3]
From 1959 she studied at the physics and mathematics faculty at theTashkent State University from 1959 until 1961.[3] After that she went to Moscow and tried to get intoVGIK but her application was declined.[4] After that she enrolled to study at the school-studio ofYuri Zavadsky at theMossovet Theatre.[5]
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 andIgor Talkov.[6]
Terekhova's acting debut was in 1965 in the filmHello, That's Me!. Margarita became particularly popular in the late 1970s, after the release of a costumed musical TV filmsThe Dog in the Manger andD'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. At first she played the capricious Countess Diana de Belflor, in the second - the treacherousMilady. Leading roles followed in films made by directors includingAndrei Smirnov andIlya Averbakh (Monologue, 1972) as well as the dual-role inAndrei Tarkovsky's acclaimedMirror (1975). And more international co-productions came after, includingGeorge Cukor'sThe Blue Bird (1976) andKonrad Wolf'sMama, 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.[7]
Margarita Terekhova worked and was friends withIgor Talkov. They had a close relationship and worked for some time together at the musical theatre collective "Balaganchik".[8][9]
In 2005 she made her debut as a director, shooting the filmThe Seagull based on thework of Anton Chekhov.[10][11] Since then, Terekhova has retired from acting and almost never gives interviews due to her struggle withAlzheimer's disease.[12] She rarely appears in public and hardly ever attends public events.[11][12]
Father - Boris Terekhov - actor of the Sverdlovsk Theater.
Mother - actress Galina Stanislavovna Tomasevic.
Her first husband (1964-1967) - Vyacheslav Butenko, actor, Honored Artist of Russia.[13]
Second husband (1967-1969) - Savva Kirillovich Hashimov (March 5, 1940 - January 11, 2012), Bulgarian actor. They met on the set ofRunning on Waves.[13][14]
Third husband (1980-1995) - Georgiy Yurievich Gavrilov (born 1958), director.[13]
Daughter - actress Anna Terekhova (born 1967 or 1970), grandson Mikhail Dobrynin (born in 1988), from second husband Savva Hashimov.[15]
Son - actor, photographer, artist Alexander Terekhov[10][16] (born July 12, 1981[17]). His father is Georgiy Gavrilov.
Daughter-in-law - Tatiana Naynik, daughter Vera Terekhova (b. 2015).[18]
