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Galya Novents

Biography

Galya Novents (Armenian: Գալյա Նովենց; 1 July 1937 – 22 July 2012) was a Soviet and Armenian stage and film actress, one of the most prominent Armenian actresses of the 20th century. Galya Novents was born on 1 July 1937 in Yerevan. In 1958, she graduated from Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre.

The 42nd Venice International Film Festival gave her a special mention for Best Actress, which was not awarded.

In 2007, Novents was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia.

She died on 22 July 2012 in Los Angeles at the age of seventy-five.

Known For

Where Were You, Man of God?
Where Were You, Man of God?
This Green, Red World
This Green, Red World
Breath
Breath
We Are, Our Mountains
We Are, Our Mountains
White Dreams
White Dreams
Gikor
Gikor
Sour Grape
Sour Grape
The Tango of Our Childhood
The Tango of Our Childhood
Hello, It's Me!
Hello, It's Me!
Yearning
Yearning

Filmography

1992 Where Were You, Man of God?
as
1990 Yearning
as Sanam
1989 Breath
as Gayane
1988 Road to Sasuntsi Davit
as Davit's mother
1985 The Apple Orchard
as
1985 White Dreams
as Mariam
1984 The Tango of Our Childhood
as Siranush
1983 Master
as
1982 Gikor
as Nani
1982 The Song of the Old Days
as Oberon's Mother
1980 A Piece of Sky
as Hovakim's wife
1977 This Green, Red World
as
1977 Life Triumphs
as Antaram
1974 Sour Grape
as Yelizaveta
1971 The Spring Heghnar
as Yeranos' Wife
---- Accident in July
as
1969 We Are, Our Mountains
as Bailiff
1969 It Has Snowed in Spring
as
1966 Hello, It's Me!
as Nazi