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Victoria Fyodorova and Adoption
Biography
Fyodorova was the child of American naval officer Jackson Tate and Russian actress Zoya Fyodorova, from a brief affair at the end of World War II. When she was a year old her mother was imprisoned and baby Victoria was raised in exile by her aunt for the next eight years. She rejoined her mother on her release and followed her footsteps into films.
As an adult she traced her father.
She has appeared in two American films: Target (1985) and Crime and Punishment (1970) and in the television series MacGyver (1986). She also has a career as a hand painter of fine furniture.
References
Fyodorova, Victoria, and Frankel, Haskel. The Admiral's Daughter. (New York: Delacorte Press, 1979)
Categories:
- Adoption Celebrities
- Adopted Persons
- European
- Russia
- USA
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
- Art, Architecture, Planning
- Theater, Broadcasting, Cinema
- Exile or Persecution (religious, Political or Social)
- Birth or Infancy
- Parent(s) in Prison or Labor Camp, Executed
- Uncles and Aunts, Parents' Uncles and Aunts
- Temporary Care
- Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families
- Unmarried Mother