Soviet and Russian actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Lyudmila Arenina, has died at the age of 100, the workshop of Pyotr Fomenko said.
“She left quietly, as she had lived in recent years – isolated, far from cameras and noisy premieres. But behind that silence there was a huge life, which included a hungry childhood, war, late fame, and work with great masters.”
There will be no public farewell to the actress – she expressed this desire in her will, Andrei Vorobyov, director of the workshop of Pyotr Fomenko, told TASS.
Lyudmila Arenina was born on November 8, 1926 in the Saratov region. In 1944 I entered GITIS. “She made her film debut late, at the age of 41, but has played in more than 100 films. The theater said that her role was ‘a lonely woman with a difficult fate’, which partly coincided with the fate of the actress herself, who described herself, despite everything, as a happy person.”
Over the years, Arenina worked at the Chelyabinsk State Drama Theater, the Leningrad Komsomol Theater, the Ostrovsky Moscow Regional Drama Theater and the workshop of Pyotr Fomenko.
Arinina is known for her roles in films such as “For the Rest of My Life” (1975), “Almost a Funny Story” (1977), “Parents and Grandparents” (1982), “Guest from the Future” (1984), “Remember Me Like This” (1987).