Iya Arepina Explained

Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (Russian: И́я Алексе́евна Аре́пина; July 2, 1930 in Ardatov - July 24, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian actress.^[1]

She was named Best Actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Bolshaya Semya, directed by Iosif Kheifits.^[2]

Selected filmography

Steppe Dawns (1953) as Varya
A Big Family (1954) as Tonya Zhurbina
Land and People (1955) as student
Ilya Muromets (1956) as Alyonushka
The Wrestler and the Clown (1957) as Maria Nikolayevna aka Mimi
Most Expensive (1957) as Polina, sister of Roman
The Captain's Daughter (1958) as Masha Mironova
Red Leaves (1958) as Stasya Yanovskaya
On the Roads of War (1958) as Vera
Under the Sound of Wheels (1958) as Nastya
Journey Beyond Three Seas (1958) as Dunayaha
Special Approach (1959) as Olya, kindergarten manageress
Gloomy Vangur (1959) as Natasha, student
After the Ball (1961) as Varenka Butyrlina
When Bridges are Made (1962) as Inga
War and Peace (1967) as girl in the Akhrosimova house, who gave Natasha a letter
The Incident, which no one Noticed (1967)
The Red Snowball Tree (1974) as Egor Prokudin's sister