Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 4, 1934
Place of Birth
Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Also Known As
- Татьяна Самойлова
- Таццяна Самойлава
- Татяна Самойлова
- Tatjana Samoilova
- Tatiana Samoïlova
Tatyana Samoylova
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.
Known For - Movies
Letter Never Sent
as Tanya
Far from Sunset Boulevard
as Lidiya Polyakova in old age
The Cranes Are Flying
as Veronika
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
as Anna Karenina
Nirvana
as Margarita Ivanovna
A Long Path on a Short Day
as Yekaterina Zolotarenko
Attack and Retreat
as Sonya
No Return
as Nastyura Shevtsova
If I Had Four Dromedaries
as Self (photo)
