| Valentina Sperantova | |
| Birth Name: | Valentina Aleksandrovna Sperantova |
| Birth Date: | 24 February 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Zaraysk, Zaraysk Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (now Zaraysky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia) |
| Death Place: | Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Occupation: | actress |
| Alma Mater: | Russian Academy of Theatre Arts |
| Yearsactive: | 1925 — 1977 |
Valentina Aleksandrovna Sperantova (Russian: Валенти́на Алекса́ндровна Спера́нтова; 1904 — 1978) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the USSR (1970).[1] Member of the CPSU since 1953.
Valentina Sperantova was born on February 24, 1904, in Zaraysk (now Moscow Oblast). She had a large family headed by her father Aleksandr Dmitryevich Sperantov, secretary of the district congress.[2] She first went on stage in her hometown of Zaraysk in an amateur theatre under the guidance of the famous sculptor Anna Golubkina.[3]
Received in Vkhutemas, but did not study there for long. In 1925 she graduated from GITIS. Since 1925, the actress of the First State Pedagogical Theater (now Moscow Youth Theater).
She took part in the scoring of cartoons at the Soyuzmultfilm Studio.[4] In the cinema, since 1953, she has played 25 roles.[5]