Zana Zanoni
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).
Acting
Movie
Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again
1971
Movie
713th Asks for Landing
as индианка
1961
TV
Fuse
1962
Movie
The Train Goes East
as passenger
1948
Movie
Alitet Leaves for the Hills
1949
Movie
The Mexican
as Rivera's mother
1956
Movie
Starling and Lyre
as Passenger (uncredited)
1974
Movie
My Motherland
as Chinese philanthropist
1933
Movie
Mark Twain Against...
as Kate
1976
Movie
The Grey Illness
1966
Movie
The Gypsy
as episode
1967
Movie
Girl From Kamchatka
1937
Movie
Rivals
as Italmaz
1929
Movie
The Chronicle of the Night
1973
Movie
Path of Thunder
as Lenny's Mother
1956
Movie
I Am Writing to You...
1959
Movie
How Do I Call You Now?..
as (uncredited)
1965
Movie
Black Sun
1971
Movie
The Minaret of Death
as First wife
1924
Movie
Soldiers
1978
Movie
Black Gull
1962
Movie
Ayna
as Ayna
1930