Sokolova, Lyubov (1921–2001)

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Sokolova, Lyubov (1921–2001)

Soviet actress. Name variations: Lyubov Sergeyevna Sokolova. Born July 31, 1921, in Ivanovo, USSR; died on June 6, 2001, in Moscow, Russia; m. Georgi Arapovsky, 1940 (died 1941 in WWII); m. Georgi Daneliya (director), 1958 (div. 1984); children: son (died 1985).

Appeared in over 300 films after WWII, generally as a wife or mother; made film debut in The Genuine Human Being (1948); best-known films in the West are Worker's Quarters (1965) and Asya's Happiness (1967), which were shown at film festivals.