Gulya Korolyova

Actor Sep 9 (died age 20) Moscow, USSR [now Russia] 1926–1968 (42 year career)

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Biography

Gulya Korolyova (Marionella Vladimirovna Korolyova) was a Soviet child actress, born on September 9, 1922, in Moscow. She appeared in films from a young age, including Women of Ryazan (1927) and Partisan's Daughter (1936), before leaving acting to study and later join the Red Army during World War II. Korolyova became a war hero, serving as a medic and dying heroically in the Battle of Stalingrad on November 23, 1942, for which she was posthumously honored.