Iya Arepina

Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (; July 2, 1930 in Ardatov – July 24, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian actress.

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

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