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

White Dreams

Acting

1992

Where Were You, Man of God?

as

1977

This Green, Red World

as

1989

Breath

as

Gayane

1969

We Are, Our Mountains

as

Bailiff

1985

White Dreams

as

Mariam

1982

Gikor

as

Nani

1974

Sour Grape

as

Yelizaveta

1984

The Tango of Our Childhood

as

Siranush

1966

Hello, It's Me!

as

Nazi

1990

Yearning

as

Sanam

1977

Life Triumphs

as

Antaram

1982

The Song of the Old Days

as

Oberon's Mother

1980

A Piece of Sky

as

Hovakim's wife

1971

The Spring Heghnar

as

Yeranos' Wife

1985

The Apple Orchard

as

1969

It Has Snowed in Spring

as

1988

Road to Sasuntsi Davit

as

Davit's mother

1983

Master

as

Accident in July

as

Production

Crew

Directing