Actress Varduhi Varderesyan dies

Famous Armenian actress Varduhi Varderesyan died aged 87, Panorama.am learned from Armenian Culture Ministry.

A government commission will be set up for organization of the funeral of the actress.

Varduhi Varderesyan was born in 1928 in Bucharest. In 1946 she moved to her historic homeland – Armenia. She studied at the studio of Leninakan Drama Theatre after Mravyan (now Vardan Ajemyan Drama Theatre in Gyumri). In 1958 V. Varderesyan started to perform on the stage of Sundukyan Theatre in Yerevan.