Svetlana Afanasyevna Svetlichnaya (; 15 May 1940 – 16 November 2024) was a Soviet and Russian actress most famous for her role in ''

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'' (1968).

Biography

Svetlichnaya was born in the city of Leninakan (now

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), Armenian SSR, Soviet Union on 15 May 1940 to Afanasy Mikhailovich Svetlichnyi and Maria Feodorovna Zolotareva. During

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the family lived in the town of Kolomak in the

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, then moved to the city

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in the

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. Her father was in the military, and the family followed her father to his place of service. They lived in Ukraine and Austria, and at the age of 10 Svetlana lived on the

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, in the city of

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. When Svetlana graduated from high school, her mother sent her to Moscow by a train. There Svetlana went to the

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(VGIK). At VGIK, she studied under

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, and his combined directing-acting course. During these studies, she studied with Valery Spout,

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, Andron Konchalovsky, and Andrei Smirnov. On stage, she played a student Elisabetta Procter in ''Salem's process,'' Katyusha Maslova in ''Resurrection'', and Maryanka in ''Cossacks''. She played the lead role in the 1965 romantic comedy film '' The Cook''. After her role of Anna Sergeyevna in ''

'', her phrase ''It's not my fault! He came by himself!'' became one of the most popular in the Soviet Union. Svetlichnaya died in Moscow on 16 November 2024, at the age of 84.

Selected films

*'' They Conquer the Skies'' (1963) *''

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'' (1965) *''

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'' (1965) *'' The Cook'' (1965) *''

'' (1968) *'' To Love'' (1968) *''

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'' (1968) *''

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'' (1973) elevision series*''

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'' (1978) *''

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'' (1983) *'' Day of Wrath'' (1985) *''House on a Rock'' (1994) *'' Goddess: How I fell in Love'' (2004) *''

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'' (2012)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svetlichnaya, Svetlana 1940 births 2024 deaths 21st-century Russian women politicians People from Gyumri Soviet film actresses Russian film actresses A Just Russia politicians Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni 20th-century Russian actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery