Zana Zanoni
Actor
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
713th Asks for Landing
as индианка 1961
The Train Goes East
as passenger 1948
Alitet Leaves for the Hills
1950
The Mexican
as Rivera's mother 1956
Starling and Lyre
as Passenger (uncredited) 1974
My Motherland
as Chinese philanthropist 1933
The Chronicle of the Night
1973
Mark Twain Against...
as Kate 1976
The Grey Illness
1966
The Gypsy
as old gypsy woman 1967
Girl From Kamchatka
1937
Rivals
as Italmaz 1929
Black Sun
1971
The Minaret of Death
as First wife 1924
Path of Thunder
as Lenny's Mother 1956
Soldiers
1978