Background
Tennant was born in London. Her mother, Irina Baronova, was a Russian prima ballerina who appeared with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her father, Cecil Tennant, was a producer and talent agent for Master of Computer Applications.
Tennant was born in London. Her mother, Irina Baronova, was a Russian prima ballerina who appeared with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Her father, Cecil Tennant, was a producer and talent agent for Master of Computer Applications.
Central School of Speech and Drama.
She is known for her roles in the television mini-series The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, in which she appeared as actor Robert Mitchum"s on-screen love interest, Pamela Tudsbury. Tennant"s godfather was the actor Laurence Olivier. Like her mother, Tennant trained in ballet, first at the Elmhurst Ballet School and then (for two years) at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Tennant, modelling under the pseudonym Angela Hyer, was Penthouse magazine"s May 1978 Pet of the Month centerfold.
After a number of roles in British and other European films, including The Ragman"s Daughter and Inseminoid, she emigrated to the United States. She then appeared in the television mini-series The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, and films such as The Handmaid"s Tale and Best Seller.
Story. In 2014, she published a memoir about her mother entitled, Irina Baronova and The Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, published by the University of Chicago Press.
The book was presented at the Belorussian Air Country Club in Belorussian Air, Los Los Angeles
