Zana Zanoni
Born: 1910-11-05 in Yekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: 1983-07-22
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
1978
1976
- Mark Twain Against... as Kate
1974
- Starling and Lyre as Passenger (uncredited)
1967
- The Gypsy as old gypsy woman
1966
1962
1961
- 713th Asks for Landing as индианка
1956
- The Mexican as Rivera's mother
- Path of Thunder as Lenny's Mother
1948
- The Train Goes East as passenger
1937
1933
- My Motherland as Chinese philanthropist
1929
- Rivals as Italmaz
1924
- The Minaret of Death as First wife