RIP Svetlana Svetlichnaya

 

Svetlana Svetlichnaya died

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November 16, 2024

 

Film critic Susanna Alperina announced the tragic news - Svetlana Svetlichnaya passed away. The artist died at the age of 84.

In recent years, Svetlana Svetlichnaya has had serious health problems. The artist often ended up in the hospital, and last summer she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Today, film critic Susanna Alperina reported on the tragedy: "Svetlana Svetlichnaya is gone. Slava Shmyrov wrote to me. The first beauty of the USSR. The phrase "It's not my fault! He came himself!" haunted her through life. Now they would say that it has become a meme. By the way, I met Svetlana, thanks to Slava. He organized the Week of Russian Cinema in Cinema in Tbilisi. The year is 2013. Svetlana Svetlichnaya presented Jos Stelling's film "The Girl and Death" there. What did she look like! Hats! Legs! Not every young beauty has such a thing. Young and free at heart, they joked a lot, made purchases together... Then I arranged readings of the works of the finalists of the "Big Book" - I invited her to the editorial office. Came! I read it wonderfully. We also met at the festival "Koroche" with Svetlana. We went together on a boat - according to the tradition established from the very beginning of the festival. And again - smiles, photos, laughter... She passed away - alas- as expected. I followed the news. Many followed... But in the soul of every viewer, it will remain forever."

Words of grief were also expressed by Vyacheslav Shmyrov in his personal blog. "Actress Svetlana Svetlichnaya died... This sad event was expected. I have a lot of trips from Georgia to Norilsk associated with it. And just warm human communication. Now everyone will remember: "I am not guilty." But she had very tender lyrical roles with the ability to meekly love and wait in "They Conquer the Sky", "To Love", "Unsued", "Seventeen Moments of Spring"... In Khutsiev's "Ilyich's Outpost" the Svetlichnykh little ones play the role of a model at a party of golden youth, but at the same time she is a child of war, unexpectedly singing "Ducks are Flying..." The paradox of her entire subsequent acting life. Blessed memory, eternal peace...," the film critic concluded.

Recall that Svetlichnaya was terminally ill. They say that it was the malignant neoplasm that affected not only the physical, but also the mental state of the actress. The star of the Soviet screen had problems with memory and speech. Last year, the media reported that Svetlana Afanasyevna was progressing dementia, and a few years ago she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Nevertheless, Svetlichnaya lived a long and bright life. In her professional piggy bank there are dozens of film works. She starred in such cult films as "The Diamond Arm", "Seventeen Moments of Spring", "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed", "The Cook" and many others. The blonde was called the sex symbol of the USSR, many remembered her as a style icon.

SVETLICHNAVA, Svetlana (Svetlana Afanasyevna Svetlichnaya)

Born: 5/15/1940, Leninakan, Aremenian U.S.S.R.

Died: 11/16/2024, Moscow, Russia

 

Svetlana Svetlichnaya’s western – actress:

Prairie Scot in Mexico (TV) – 1988 (peasant woman)