Svetlana Rubeni Grigoryan ( hy, Սվետլանա Ռուբենի Գրիգորյան, September 30, 1930 – May 12, 2014) was an Armenian actress who was awarded the title ''People's Artist of Armenia''.
Biography
Grigoryan was born in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...
.She performed onstage from the age of 13. After graduating from the Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theater,
Vardan Ajemian
Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian ( hy, Վարդան Մկրտչի Աճեմյանը; September 15, 1905 in Van, Ottoman Empire – January 24, 1977 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USS ...
invited her to the
Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan where she has been working to this day.
Grigoryan was well known for comedic roles (Roza in ''Taxi, Taxi''; Satenik in ''Im zokanche'') at the Paronyan State Theater of Musical Comedy.
In 2011, the
President of Armenia
The president of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Նախագահ, Hayastani Nakhagah) is the head of state and the guarantor of independence and territorial integrity of Armenia elected to a single seven-year term by the National Assembly of Arme ...
awarded Grigoryan the "First Degree Medal “For Services to Homeland” for "her considerable contributions to development of theatrical arts, for her high acting skills and for creating permanent characters". She also received the
Hakob Meghapart Medal for her services, and upon the occasion of her 80th birthday.
Death
She died at the age of 83 on 12 May 2014.
Մահացել է վաստակաշատ դերասանուհի Սվետլանա Գրիգորյանը
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References
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1930 births
2014 deaths
Armenian stage actresses
Actresses from Yerevan
Place of death missing