French-Armenian actress Isabelle Sadoyan, best known for her role as Anna in the Armenian Genocide film Mayrig (Mother) by Henri Verneuil, has passed away aged 89, Nouvelles d’Armenie told Panorama.am.

A daughter of Armenian Genocide survivors, Isabelle Sadoyan acted in more than 50 films and 25 performances.

The actress took the stage for the last time in the Paris Theatre De L'oeuvre in December 2016, playing in a performance titled “Before the Flight”.