Galina Talva

Galina Talva (born Galina Tzvetckoff; died 1968),[1][2] was a Russian-American ballet dancer and actress. She was reportedly born in the Bronx to a Russian émigré. She had a sister, Natasha Seeleman (1921-2021).[3] She appeared in Crime and Punishment on Broadway with John Gielgud.[4] Talva most notably played Princess Maria in Irving Berlin's Call Me Madam, a Broadway musical comedy (1950) starring Ethel Merman, and sang on the original cast recording.[5]

In 1953, she married Leon Volkov, a Soviet Russian Air Force colonel, who defected to the USA. They had two children and she retired. Talva died in 1968.[6] Volkov went on to become Newsweek magazine's Soviet affairs specialist. Leon Volkov died on January 21, 1974.[7]

References
  1. Obituary Index, newyorkfamilyhistory.org. Accessed May 8, 2023.
  2. Leon Volkov obituary, nytimes.com. January 23, 1974. Accessed May 8, 2023.
  3. Biodata, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 27, 1952.
  4. "Crime and Punishment". Cast & Crew. Theatricalia. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  5. "Call Me Madam (1950 Musical Cast Recording)". Music Review. reviewgraveyard.com. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  6. Biodata, St Petersburg Times, October 23 1955.
  7. SAXON, WOLFGANG. "Leon Volkov of Newsweek Dies; Soviet Expert Defected in 1945; Escapes in Crash". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
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