 
Valentina Petrovna Telegina (; February 23, 1915 — October 4, 1979) was a Soviet and Russian actress.
Biography.
Valentina Petrovna Telegina was born on February 23, 1915, in Novocherkassk, capital of Don Cossacks (now the Rostov Oblast).
In 1937, she graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Performing Arts, workshop of Sergei Gerasimov. 
In 1937 she became an actress of Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre, moving to the Baltic Fleet Theatre in 1940, until 1941. 
She started acting in films in 1934. She had her first big role as Motya Kotenkova in Sergei Gerasimov's film "Komsomolsk", released in 1938.
After the war she moved to Moscow, working at the Gorky Film Studio from 1946.
She aimed to embody the character of the Russian woman in all its diversity.
Telegina died on October 4, 1979. She was buried in Moscow at the Mitinskoe Cemetery.
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