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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again (1971)
2. 713th Asks for Landing (1961) — индианка
3. Fuse (1962)
4. The Train Goes East (1948) — passenger
5. Alitet Leaves for the Hills (1949)
6. The Mexican (1956) — Rivera's mother
7. Starling and Lyre (1974) — Passenger (uncredited)
8. My Motherland (1933) — Chinese philanthropist
9. Mark Twain Against... (1976) — Kate
10. The Grey Illness (1966)
11. The Gypsy (1967) — episode
12. Girl From Kamchatka (1937)
13. Rivals (1929) — Italmaz
14. The Chronicle of the Night (1973)
15. Path of Thunder (1956) — Lenny's Mother
16. I Am Writing to You... (1959)
17. How Do I Call You Now?.. (1965) — (uncredited)
18. Black Sun (1971)
19. The Minaret of Death (1924) — First wife
20. Soldiers (1978)
21. Black Gull (1962)
22. Ayna (1930) — Ayna