Famous Russian movie actress dies at 83

MOSCOW, July 7 (Itar-Tass) - The famous Russian movie actress Nona
Mordyukova died at the age of 83 late on Sunday. Mordyukova, the People's Artist of the USSR, died in hospital. She had suffered from many illnesses, the worst of which was diabetes, Mordyukova's sister Natalya told Itar-Tass.

Nona Mordyukova was born in the village of Konstantinovskaya of the
Donetsk region in Ukraine. In 1950 she graduated from the State Institute
of Cinema and began working in a theatrical studio. In 1949 she had
received the State Award of the USSR for her role of Ulyana Gromova in a
film titled "The Young Guard" based on a novel of the same name by Soviet
writer Alexander Fadeyev. In 1973 Mordyukova won the State Award of the
Vasilyev brothers for her roles in films "Zhuravushka" and "The Collective
Farm Director".
Her most outstanding roles were in films "Yekaterina Voronina", "The
Volunteers", "Balzaminov's Marriage", "The Kinsfolk", "Mother", etc.
The editorial board of the British encyclopedia "Who is Who?" has
included Mordyukova in the list of most outstanding actresses of the 20th
century.