Svetlana Kharitonova was born on January 30, 1932 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Belye nochi (1960), Lilac Ball (1987) and The Cranes Are Flying (1957). She was married to Rodion Aleksandrov, Sergey Balatev and Leonid Kharitonov. She died on January 8, 2012 in Moscow, Russia.