Victoria Tennant

Victoria Tennant
Tennant at the "Night of 100 Stars" for the 82nd Academy Awards viewing party at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California in 2010
Born	(1950-09-30) 30 September 1950 London, England, United Kingdom
Education	Elmhurst Ballet School
Alma mater	Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Film and television actress
Years active	1972–present
Television	The Winds of War War and Remembrance
Spouse(s)	Peppo Vanini (divorced) Steve Martin (m. 1986; div. 1994) Kirk Stambler (m. 1996)
Children	1 daughter
Parent(s)	Cecil Tennant Irina Baronova

Victoria Tennant (born 30 September 1950) is an English film and television actress. She is known for her roles in the TV mini-series The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, in which she appeared as actor Robert Mitchum's on-screen love interest, Pamela Tudsbury.

Early life

Tennant was born in London. Her mother, Irina Baronova, was a Russian prima ballerina who appeared with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; her father, Cecil Tennant, was a producer and talent agent for MCA.

Her maternal grandfather, Mikhail Baronov, was a senior officer in the Russian Navy; his wife, the former Lydia Vishniakova, was a general's daughter. Tennant has a sister, Irina, and a brother, Robert, both of whom were seriously injured in a car accident in 1967, in which their father was killed. Tennant's godfather was the actor Laurence Olivier.^[1]

Like her mother, Tennant trained in ballet, first at the Elmhurst Ballet School and then (for two years) at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

After a number of roles in British and other European films, including The Ragman's Daughter and Inseminoid, Tennant emigrated to the United States. She then appeared in the TV mini-series The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, and films such as The Handmaid's Tale and Best Seller. She starred in two films with Steve Martin, her future husband: All of Me and L.A. Story.

In 2014, she published a memoir about her mother entitled, Irina Baronova and The Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, published by the University of Chicago Press.^[2] The book was presented at the Bel Air Country Club in Bel Air, Los Angeles.^[3]

Personal life

Tennant's first marriage was to Peppo Vanini, a nightclub owner.^[4] She was later married to the actor-comedian Steve Martin from 1986 to their divorce in 1994.^[4] Since 1996, Tennant has been married to Kirk Justin Stambler, a lawyer for Warner Bros., with whom she has a daughter, Katya Irina.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music

• Hussy – theme song lyrics^[4]

References

External links

• Victoria Tennant at the Internet Movie Database