Yuliya Solntseva
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| Born | 7 August 1901 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | 28 October 1989 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Film director, actress |
| Years active | 1939 – 1979 |
Yuliya Ippolitovna Solntseva (Russian: Юлия Ипполитовна Солнцева; 7 August 1901 – 28 October 1989) was a Soviet film director and actress who starred in the silent sci-fi classic Aelita (1924). She directed 14 films between 1939 and 1979. She was married to director Aleksandr Dovzhenko and collaborated with him on his later films, including Michurin (1949), for which she was awarded a Stalin Prize.
For The Chronicle of Flaming Years she won the Best Director award at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[1] She was named a People's Artist of the USSR when she turned 80.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Aelita (1924)
- Earth (1930)
- Ivan (1932)
- Shchors (1939)
- Ukraine in Flames (1943)
- Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Chronicle of Flaming Years". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3280/year/1961.html. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
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