Tamara Degtyaryova

[7] Degtyaryova also appeared in films and television series, including Light in the Window (1980), Nikolai Vavilov (1990), Seeking a Man and Cool Route.

[9] Her most well-known role was as Agatha Savelieva in Eternal Call, a long-running Russian television drama series.

[6] In November 2012, Degtyaryova had a leg amputated due to an untreated infection, and she spent the next two years convalescing.

[2] She then returned to perform on stage with the use of a wheelchair, including the role of Evdokia in the play Women's Time.

[9][10] Degtyaryova was married for ten years to stage director Yuri Pogrebnichenko, whom she met while with the Moscow Youth Theatre, until they divorced.