Galya Novents
Born
Galina Novents

(1937-07-01)1 July 1937
Died22 July 2012(2012-07-22) (aged 75)
Resting placeYerevan City Pantheon
NationalityArmenian
EducationYerevan State Fine Arts and Theater Institute
Years active1965–2012
SpouseYervand Ghazanchyan
AwardsPeople's Artist of the Republic of Armenia (2007)

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.

Biography

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.

Plaque to Galya Novents in Kapan

Filmography

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