Inna Gulaya | |
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Born | Inna Iosifovna Gulaya May 9, 1941 Kharkov, Soviet Union |
Died | May 27, 1990 Moscow, Soviet Union |
(aged 49)
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1966-1990 |
Spouse | Gennady Shpalikov (m. 19??-1974) |
Inna Iosifovna Gulaya (Russian: И́нна Ио́сифовна Гула́я; 9 May 1941, Kharkiv – 27 May 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet theatre and cinema actress and Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR.
After graduate school, she joined the studio at the Central Children's Theater. Between 1962-1964, Gulaya studied at Shchukin's Drama Institute.
Her husband, Gennady Shpalikov, a heavy drinker, hanged himself in 1974. Gulaya committed suicide sixteen years later. According to one investigation, the cause of her death was the overdose of sleeping pills.