| Lyubov Sokolova | |
| Birth Name: | Lyubov Sergeevna Sokolova |
| Birth Date: | 31 July 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Ivanovo-Voznesensk, RSFSR |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Occupation: | actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1946–2001 |
| Spouse: | Georgy Arapovsky (died) Georgy Danelia (divorce) |
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Lyubov Sergeevna Sokolova (Russian: Любо́вь Серге́евна Соколо́ва; 31 July 19216 June 2001) was a Soviet and Russian cinema actress, named a People's Artist of the USSR. She played more than 300 film roles.[1] [2] [3]
Lyubov Sokolova studied cinematography with Boris Bibikov and Olga Pyzhova, graduating in 1946.[4]
From 1951 to 1956, she was an actress with the Drama Theatre Group of the Soviet Forces in Germany (Potsdam). She was a studio actress from 1946 to 1951 and in 1956.
Sokolova had her movie debut in 1948, as the simple village woman Varvara in The Story of a Real Man. Some of the films she acted in included Quiet Flows the Don, Splendid Days, The story of Asya Klyachina, Far from Moscow, Shine, Shine, My Star, Crime and Punishment, Walking the Streets of Moscow, Thirty Three, The Irony of Fate, Moscow, My Love, White Bim Black Ear, Live Till Monday, Belorussian Station, Do Not Shoot at White Swans, Gentlemen of Fortune, From Dawn Till Sunset, Crash – Cop's Daughter.
In 1990, Sokolova was People's Artist of the Soviet Union. She was awarded many medals, including for Courage and for Labour Valour.
In Autumn 1994, Sokolova and Maya Bulgakova were victims of an accident as their car crashed into a pole. The actress was in intensive care and discharged after a few weeks, but Bulgakova died a few days later, without ever regaining consciousness.
Sokolova died on 6 June 2001 of a heart attack and was buried in Moscow, at the Kuntsevo Cemetery, near the grave of her son.[5]