Iya Arepina

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

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexeyevna and the family name is Arepina.

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