Iya Arepina was born on July 2, 1930 in Ardatov, Mordovian AO, RSFSR, USSR [now Mordovia, Russia]. She was an actress, known for
A Big Family (1954),
Kapitanskaya dochka (1958) and
Pod stuk kolyos (1959). She was married to
Yuli Kun and Vadim Milstein. She died on July 24, 2003 in Moscow, Russia.