[1] Malevannaya was born on January 22, 1939, in the village of Fedorovka Neklinovsky District of Rostov Oblast.
In 1965 Malevannaya graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (directing course of Alexander Musil and acting course of Arkady Katzman).
In 1971 she transferred to the Leningrad Theater of the Lenin Komsomol, where her husband was appointed as chief director.
In the years 1984–1988, Malevannaya was employed at the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography in the position of associate professor of acting, as a course supervisor.
Malevannaya at the BDT staged the theater play "Daughter" by Valentine Krymka, as well as "Sparklers", by Arkady Averchenko in the year 1984.