Actress and singer Lyudmila Solodenko died at the age of 77.

Actress and singer Lyudmila Solodenko, known for the films "Kin-dza-dza!" and "TASS is authorized to declare," passed away at the age of 77. This is reported on the portal " <url>".

Solodenko was born on September 19, 1949 in Odessa. She graduated from the All-Russian Creative Workshop of Pop Art, after which she became a soloist of the pop orchestra conducted by Eddie Rosner, performing under the pseudonym Lona Long. Due to her spectacular appearance, the directors invited her to play the roles of episodic, but very bright heroines — she mostly played the roles of black characters in Soviet cinema.

In 1982, she starred in the musical drama "The Star and the Death of Joaquin Murieta," and in 1984 appeared in the cult serial detective story "TASS is authorized to declare ..." as a doctor at a police station.

In 1986, George Danelia invited her to his famous dystopia "Kin-dza-dza!", where she played a small but memorable role of a woman who threw sand at a Ferris wheel. Later, she starred in the films "Bindyuzhnik and the King", "The Pretender", "Special Purpose Resort" and "The Hunter".

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