Tatyana Vedeneyeva

Tatyana Vedeneyeva
Born June 10, 1953 (1953-06-10) (age 58)
Stalingrad, Russia, USSR
Other names aunt Tania
Occupation Actor
Years active 1973–present

Tatyana Beniaminovna Vedeneyeva (Russian: Татьяна Вениаминовна Веденеева; 10 June 1953) is a widely known Soviet and Russian actress and an anchor lady for the Soviet children program Peaceful night, kids!

Biography

She was born in Stalingrad, on June 10, 1953.

In 1972, she moved to Moscow and enrolled into Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (locally, GITIS). While being the student in the Theater academy she debuted in several motion pictures such as Hello, I'm Your Aunt! (1975) among the few. Upon graduation Vedeneyeva was invited to the Mayakovsky Theater, but soon was fired for not having a residential permission (propiska). She became well known amongst the Soviet children of 70s and 80s for her leading role in children programs Peaceful night, kids!, and Visiting a Fairy Land (V gostiakh u skazki) as "Aunt Tania". She was also a presenter on the BBC's televised Russian language course for beginners, Ochen' Priyatno. Later Vedeneyeva led various other TV shows and concert events and was amongst the most popular in the Union. In 1993 was forced to resign (fired) for being absent while on the job.

She moved to France with her husband where she lived until 1999. Since 2000 Vedeneyeva returned in TV.

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