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