Tamara Sovchi was born on June 18, 1941 in Simferopol, Crimean ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Crimea, Ukraine) as Tamara Yakimenko. She was an actress, known for Karmen (2003), Zhazhda nad ruchyom (1968) and Afonya (1975). She died on February 1, 2011 in Moscow, Russia.