Zana Zanoni

Biography

Zana Zanoni (real name — Zinaida Nikolaevna Nikolaenko) was a Soviet actress of theater, cinema, and dubbing, as well as a dancer.

She was born on November 5, 1910, in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine). In 1928, she graduated from the First State Choreographic Technical School, and in 1939, she completed her studies at the Theater Studio under the direction of N. P. Khmelyov.

From 1925, she worked as an actress at the Lenfilm film studio. In 1939, she became an actress at the Moscow Theater named after M. N. Ermolova. Between 1943 and 1945, she was an actress at the Central Theater of Transport in Moscow, and later, she worked at the Film Actor Studio Theater. Starting in 1960, she was an actress at the Mosfilm studio (M. Gorky Film Studio).

Known For

Girl From Kamchatka
Girl From Kamchatka
Alitet Leaves for the Hills
Alitet Leaves for the Hills
The Chronicle of the Night
The Chronicle of the Night
713th Asks for Landing
713th Asks for Landing
The Grey Illness
The Grey Illness
Black Sun
Black Sun
The Minaret of Death
The Minaret of Death

Filmography

1978 Soldiers
as
1976 Mark Twain Against...
as Kate
1974 Starling and Lyre
as Passenger (uncredited)
1973 The Chronicle of the Night
as
1971 Black Sun
as
1970 Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again
as
1967 The Gypsy
as old gypsy woman
1966 The Grey Illness
as
1962 Fuse
as
1961 713th Asks for Landing
as индианка
1959 I Am Writing to You...
as
1956 Path of Thunder
as Lenny's Mother
1956 The Mexican
as Rivera's mother
1950 Alitet Leaves for the Hills
as
1948 The Train Goes East
as passenger
1937 Girl From Kamchatka
as
1933 My Motherland
as Chinese philanthropist
1929 Rivals
as Italmaz
1924 The Minaret of Death
as First wife