Valentina Antipovna Titova was born on 6 February 1942 in the city of Korolyov, Moscow Oblast. As a schoolgirl, Valentina Titova debuted on the stage of the
Palace of Culture. Then she became an actress in the Sverdlovsk Youth Theatre and then went to work at the
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater. In 1964, she graduated from the studio of
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater in
Leningrad. In 1970-1992 she was an actress of the
National Film Actors' Theatre in Moscow. Her film debut was an episodic role in the 1963 drama
All Remains to People by
Georgy Natanson. In her graduation year, Valentina Titova played her first major film role in the drama
The Blizzard (1964) directed by
Vladimir Basov, based on the
story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. In 1968 she got a role in the popular movie
The Shield and the Sword, which brought her more recognition. Titova's other famous roles were in the films
The Dangerous Turn (1972),
The Days of the Turbins (1976),
Father Sergius (1978),
Petrovka, 38 (1979),
Carnival (1981), ''
Professor Dowell's Testament (1984), It is not Recommended to Offend Women'' (2000). Among the latest films featuring Valentina Titova was the melodrama of Evgeny Matveyev
To Love in Russian (1995), the crime film of Alexander Hwang
To Die Easy (1999), the series
The Other Life (2003) directed by Elena Raiskaya and the comedy of Martiros Fanosian
Unexpected Joy (2005). == Selected filmography ==