
Zana Zanoni
Known For
Acting
Born
1910-11-05 in Yekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]
Died
1983-07-22
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).
Most Known For

Fuse

The Gypsy
as old gypsy woman

Black Sun

Starling and Lyre
as Passenger (uncredited)

The Mexican
as Rivera's mother

The Train Goes East
as passenger

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again

Alitet Leaves for the Hills

The Grey Illness

The Chronicle of the Night

Soldiers

The Minaret of Death
as First wife

Mark Twain Against...
as Kate

Black Gull

Rivals
as Italmaz

My Motherland
as Chinese philanthropist

713th Asks for Landing
as индианка

I Am Writing to You...

Path of Thunder
as Lenny's Mother
