Victoria Tennant

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Victoria Tennant
Born	30 September 1960 (1960-09-30) (age 49) London, England
Spouse(s)	Steve Martin (1986-1994) Kirk Stambler (1996-present)

Victoria Tennant (born 30 September 1960) is an Anglo-American film and television actress.

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. She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama at the University of London.

Personal life

Tennant has been married twice. Her first husband was Steve Martin (1986–1994); she starred opposite him in All of Me and LA 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: Katya and Nicky.^[2] She is distantly related to silent film actress Barbara Tennant (1892–1982).

Career

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) .... Mother
• 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)

Television

• The Winds of War (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Pamela Tudsbury
• La Guerre des insectes (1981) .... Helen Curtiss
• Dempsey (1983) .... Estelle Taylor
• Chiefs (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Trish Lee
• Under Siege (1986) .... Gloria Garry
• The Twilight Zone (1986) .... Valentina (in the episode Red Snow)
• Maigret (1988) .... Victoria Portman
• War and Remembrance (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Pamela Tudsbury
• Act of Will (1989) .... Audra
• Voice of the Heart (1990) .... Francesca Cunningham
• Diagnosis: Murder (1997) .... Victoria Larkin - Deadly Games episode
• Sister Mary Explains It All (2001) .... Bitter Divorcee
• Scrubs (2007) .... Maggie Kent
• The Beast (2009) .... Susan Redman (in the episode Infected)

References

External links

• Victoria Tennant at the Internet Movie Database