Nastenka and Marfushka, yesterday…and today!

Of all the films in the mighty MST3K canon, my favorites are what The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide referred to “the Russo-Finnish troika,” although with the addition of Jack Frost, I guess it is now more like the Russo-Finnish quadrumvirate. Although the film was made in 1964, you may be surprised to learn that both Nastenka and Marfushka are still with us here in 2018!

Natalya Sedykh was only sixteen when Jack Frost was filmed, though I concur with the Brains that she looks much younger. (Servo: “Uhm, I’m NINE!”) She went on to successful careers as both an ice skater and ballet dancer–graduating from the Bolshoi, no less–and as you can see, she remains easily recognizable from a film she appeared in over fifty years ago!

Being five years older than Natalya Sedykh, Inna Churikova still was only 21 when Jack Frost was filmed and she created the hilariously awful Marfushka. Today she is an award-winning actress who has enjoyed a long and illustrious career in both stage productions and films. She’s also a great deal more attractive than Marfushka would ever indicate! No “Danny Bonaduce IS Sleeping Beauty” here!