Svetlana Alexandrovna Penkina (Russian: Светлана Александровна Пенкина; June 6, 1951, Belarussian SSR , USSR - October 20, 2016, Minsk, Belarus) was a Soviet actress.

Career

Svetlana Penkina graduated from the Minsk Theater and Art Institute.

The actress got the first taste of success for her role of Katya Bulavina in the Soviet thirteen-episode television drama series The Road to Calvary (Russian: Хождение по мукам) based on the trilogyThe Road to Calvary (Russian: Хождение по мукам) by Aleksey Tolstoy. The role was her diploma work at the Minsk Theater Institute.

While working on the character, the young actress co-starred in two films. In the movie Dust in the Sun (Russian: Пыль под солнцем) she played Anna Mikhailovna, an associate of Lithuanian revolutionary Joseph Vareikis. In The Color of Gold (Russian: Цвет золота) she appeared in one of the starring roles, Zoya.

In 1982, she played Lida in the film The Solar Wind (Russian: Солнечный ветер), and in 1985, she had the role of secretary Vika in For The Coming Age, the adaptation of the novel by Soviet writer Georgiy Markov. Soon after that, she retired from movie roles.

Personal life

Svetlana was born in 1951 in Belarus. She is the daughter of Alexander Pavlovich Penkin, who was a colonel in the army.

Penkina is the widow of musician and singer Vladimir Mulyavin (1941 - 2003), whom she married in 1981. She changed her last name to Mulyavin-Penkina. In 1982 they had a son Valery.

Filmography

• 1971 - The Tomb of the lion (Могила льва) as (minor role)
• 1972 - The day of my sons (День моих сыновей) as Serova, patient
• 1974 - The Road to Calvary (Хождение по мукам) as Katya Bulavina
• 1974 - The Color of Gold (Цвет золота) as Zoya
• 1977 - And we had some quiet... (А у нас была тишина...) as Gustenka Drozdova
• 1977 - Dust in The Sun (Пыль под солнцем) as Anna
• 1978 - Order No. 1 (TV show) (Приказ номер один) as Orlova
• 1981 - Care for women (Берегите женщин) as Olga (major role)
• 1982 - The Solar Wind (Солнечный ветер) as Lida, Chebyshev's employee
• 1985 - For The Coming Age (Грядущему веку) as Vika, secretary