Natalya Derzhavina

Natalia Vladimirovna Derzhavina (October 1, 1942, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR - March 10, 2002, Moscow, Russia) - actress of the Obraztsov Puppet Theater, puppeteer and voice of Khryusha from the program "Good Night, Kids!", Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1995 ), laureate of the TEFI Prize (1997). Natalia Derzhavina was born in Tashkent, where her family was evacuated. At the age of 17 she was admitted to the Moscow Puppet Theater, worked there from 1959 to 1968 and from 1974 to the 1990s. She got the role of Piggy in 1971. For the sake of this role, Derzhavina had to leave Sergei Obraztsov's puppet theater. The actress had two sons.