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Vardui VarderesyanArmenian Soviet theater and film actress
Date of Birth: 19.03.1928
Country:  Armenia |
Content:
- Early Life and Family
- Acting Career
- Armenian State Theater of Drama:
- Personal Life
- Honors and Awards
- Legacy
Early Life and Family
Varda Petrosyan was born on March 19, 1928, in Bucharest, Romania. In 1946, at the age of 18, she moved to her ancestral homeland, Armenia.
Acting Career
Lenakakan Dramatic Theater:Petrosyan studied at the studio of the Leninakan Dramatic Theater (now Gyumri Dramatic Theater) and made her stage debut there in 1947.
Armenian State Theater of Drama:
In 1958, she joined the Armenian State Theater of Drama in Yerevan, where she became a prominent actress.
Personal Life
Petrosyan was married to Gevorg Ambrosovich Abajyan (1920-2007), a renowned Soviet and Armenian literary critic and theater scholar.
Honors and Awards
Titles:People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1965)
People's Artist of the USSR (1988)
Awards:
State Prize of the Armenian SSR
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of the Badge of Honor (1956)
Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots (2013)
Movses Khorenatsi Medal (1995)
Honorary Citizen of Yerevan (2001)
Vardanan Ajemian and Arus Asryan Prize (2010) for her role as Claire Zachanassian in "The Visit of the Old Lady"
Legacy
Petrosyan passed away and was laid to rest in the pantheon of Komitas Park in Yerevan. She is remembered as a legendary figure in Armenian theater and cinema.
