Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina (; 8 November 1926 â 14 March 2026) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She was named an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Arinina was born on 8 November 1926 in , Saratov Oblast. She was the daughter of painter Mikhail Alexandrovich Arinin (1897âÂÂ1967). In 1948, she graduated from the acting department of GITIS (course of Vladimir Belokurov).
Arinina debuted in 1967 in the film Four Pages of One Young Life (directed by Rezo Esadze). Thereafter, she portrayed more than a hundred film roles, including roles in the films of director Pyotr Fomenko: For the Rest of His Life (1975), An Almost Funny Story (1977), Trips on an Old Car (1985). Her last screen appearance was in the television series Sklifosovsky in 2017.
Arinina first married Nikolai Mokin (1924âÂÂ1984), theatre director and actor. In 1989, she married Nikolai Semyonov, retired lieutenant colonel. Arinina died in Moscow on 14 March 2026, at the age of 99.