Valentina Karavayeva was born on May 21, 1921 in Vyshny Volochyok, Vyshnevolotsky uyezd, Tver Governorate, RSFSR as Alla Ivanovna Karavaeva. She was an actress, known for Mashenka (1942), Obyknovennoe chudo (1964) and Povest o pervoy lyubvi (1957). She died on December 25, 1997 in Moscow, Russia.