Victoria Tennant

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Victoria Tennant

Victoria Tennant attending the "Night of 100 Stars" for the 82nd Academy Awards viewing party at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA on March 7, 2010
Born 30 September 1950 (1950-09-30) (age 61)
London, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active 1972–present
Spouse Steve Martin (1986-1994)
Kirk Stambler (1996-present)

Victoria Tennant (born 30 September 1950) is an English film and television actress.

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[edit] Early life

Tennant was born in London, England. Her mother, Irina Baronova, was a Russian prima ballerina who appeared with the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo, and her father, Cecil Tennant, was an English producer and talent agent who ran MCA's talent office and whose clients included Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, John Gielgud and Michael Redgrave.

Her maternal grandfather, Misha Baronov, was a senior officer in the Russian navy, and her maternal grandmother, the former Lydia Vishniakova, was a general's daughter. Laurence Olivier was Tennant's godfather.[1]

She has a sister, Irina, and a brother, Robert, both of whom were badly injured in the car accident that killed their father in 1967.

Victoria Tennant herself trained in ballet like her mother, at the Elmhurst Ballet School and for two years at the Central School for Speech and Drama in London. She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama at the University of London.

[edit] Personal life

Tennant was married to Steve Martin from 1986 to 1994; she starred opposite him in All of Me and L.A. Story.

Since 1996, Tennant has been married to Kirk Justin Stambler, a lawyer with Warner Bros., with whom she has a daughter and a son.[2]

She is distantly related to silent film actress Barbara Tennant (1892–1982).

[edit] Career

[edit] Filmography

  • The Ragman's Daughter (1972) .... Doris Randall
  • Ich bin dein Killer (1979) .... Annette Dorberg (German title: Nullpunkt)
  • Inseminoid (1981) .... Barbra (US title: Horror Planet or Horrorplanet)
  • The Dogs of War (1981) .... Dinner Party Guest
  • Sphinx (1981) .... Lady Carnaryon
  • Strangers Kiss (1983) .... Carol Redding/Betty
  • All of Me (1984) .... Terry Hoskins
  • The Holcroft Covenant (1985) .... Helden von Tiebolt/Helden Tennyson
  • Best Seller (1987) .... Roberta Gillian
  • Flowers in the Attic (1987) .... Corinne
  • Whispers (1989/I) .... Hilary (aka Dean R. Koontz's Whispers)
  • Zugzwang (1989) .... Alice Gordon (aka Fool's Mate)
  • The Handmaid's Tale (1990) .... Aunt Lydia
  • L.A. Story (1991) .... Sara McDowel
  • La Peste (1992) .... Alicia Rieux (US title: The Plague)
  • Edie & Pen (1996) .... Blonde With Dog (UK: TV title: Desert Gamble)
  • Legend of the Mummy (1997) .... Mary (aka Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy or USA: video title: Bram Stoker's The Mummy)
  • Irene in Time (2009) .... Mother
  • Will & Kate (2011).... Sylvia

[edit] Television

[edit] Music

[edit] References

 This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2011)
  1. ^ Victoria Tennant Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  2. ^ a b Victoria Tennant Biography (1950?-)

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