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Tatyana Samoylova

Acting Born May 4, 1934 Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia) 24 credits

Biography

Tatiana Yevgenyevna Samoilova (Russian: Татья́на Евге́ньевна Само́йлова; 4 May 1934 – 4 May 2014) was a Soviet and Russian film actress best known for her lead role in The Cranes Are Flying. She received a number of awards for the film, including a special mention at the Cannes Film Festival. Samoilova had several major roles in the 1960s before largely disappearing from public life. In 1993, she was named a People's Artist of Russia. She made a comeback in the 2000s and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Moscow Film Festival.

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Known for

Cinépanorama

as Self
Film

The Cranes Are Flying

as Veronika
Film

Anna Karenina

as Anna Karenina

Full filmography

  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • Treffpunkte (1970) as Self
  • The Cranes Are Flying (1957) as Veronika
  • Tonight (2012) as Self
  • Anna Karenina (1967) as Anna Karenina
  • Letter Never Sent (1960) as Tanya
  • The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Anna Karamazoff (1991)
  • Attack and Retreat (1964) as Sonya
  • 24 Hours (2000) as mother
  • Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976) as Olenetskaya
  • Alba Regia (1961) as Alba
  • Far from Sunset Boulevard (2006) as Lidiya Polyakova in old age
  • No Return (1974) as Nastyura Shevtsova
  • Unexpected Joy (1972)
  • The Mexican (1956) as Maria
  • I Don't Want to Be Filmed (1967) as камео
  • A Film About Mikhail Kalatozov (2006) as Self
  • If I Had Four Dromedaries (1966) as Self (photo)
  • Mommy (1999)
  • Nirvana (2008) as Margarita Ivanovna
  • The Ocean (1974) as Masha
  • Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre (1961) as Natacha, chanteuse
  • A Long Path on a Short Day (1972) as Yekaterina Zolotarenko