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

Fuse

The Gypsy

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again

Starling and Lyre

The Mexican

My Motherland

The Train Goes East

Black Gull

All Movies (21)

• Soldiers1978
• Mark Twain Against...1976 · as Kate
• Starling and Lyre1974 · as Passenger (uncredited)
• The Chronicle of the Night1973
• Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again1971
• Black Sun1971
• The Gypsy1967 · as episode
• The Grey Illness1966
• How Do I Call You Now?..1965 · as (uncredited)
• Black Gull1962
• 713th Asks for Landing1961 · as индианка
• I Am Writing to You...1959
• Path of Thunder1956 · as Lenny's Mother
• The Mexican1956 · as Rivera's mother
• Alitet Leaves for the Hills1949
• The Train Goes East1948 · as passenger
• Girl From Kamchatka1937
• My Motherland1933 · as Chinese philanthropist
• Ayna1930 · as Ayna
• Rivals1929 · as Italmaz
• The Minaret of Death1924 · as First wife

All TV Shows (1)

• Fuse1962