![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: 1948 in Moscow, Russia Death: May 15, 2005 in Moscow, Russia Biography:Russian actress Natalya Gundareva, known for her roles of caring but often unhappy middle-aged women, was born and raised in Moscow. Initially she did not plan to become an actress and spent a few years working as an engineer in one of the capital's construction bureaus. In 1967 Gundareva enrolled in the Shchukin Acting School and graduated in 1971. Since then she committed herself to Moscow's Mayakovsky Theater where she worked throughout her acting career. Though Gundareva first appeared in the movies in 1966, her big-screen breakthrough did not come until the leading role in Zdravstvuy I Proshchay(Hello and Goodbye) in 1972. Then came her most celebrated film performances in Osen (Autumn) (1975), Sladkaya Zhenshchina (The Sweet Woman), Podranki (Orphans) (1977), Vas Ozhidaet Grazhdanka Nikanorova (Miss Nikanorova Is Waiting for You) (1978), and Osenny Marafon(Autumn Marathon) (1979). In 1979 she... Full Biography
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