Yuliya Solntseva
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Yuliya Ippolitovna Solntseva (Russian: Ю́лия Ипполи́товна Со́лнцева; born Yuliya Ippolitovna Peresvetova, 7 August 1901 – 28 October 1989) was a Soviet actress and film director.[1] As an actress, she is known for starring in the silent sci-fi classic Aelita (1924). She is the first female winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes film festival in the 20th century and the first woman to win a directing prize at any of the major European film festivals, for the film Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961), a war drama about Soviet resistance to Nazi occupation in 1941.
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Yuliya Solntseva | |
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Born | Yuliya Ippolitovna Peresvetova (1901-08-07)7 August 1901 |
Died | 28 October 1989(1989-10-28) (aged 88) Moscow, USSR |
Occupation(s) | Film director Actress |
Years active | 1924–1979 |
Spouse | Aleksandr Dovzhenko |
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