Yuliya Solntseva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yuliya Solntseva

Film director, actor

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1901

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1989

Profession: actor, film director

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Yuliya Ippolitovna Solntseva (Russian: ?´??? ??????´????? ??´??????; 7 August 1901 – 28 October 1989) was a Soviet actress and film director.
As an actress, she is known for starring in the silent sci-fi classic Aelita (1924).
She is the first female winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes film festival in the 20th century and the first woman to win a directing prize at any of the major European film festivals, for the film Chronicle of Flaming Years, a war drama about Soviet resistance to Nazi occupation in 1941.