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