Iya Arepina
# Iya Arepina

Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (Russian: И́я Алексе́евна Аре́пина; 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
