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

The Cranes Are Flying

as Veronika

Letter Never Sent

as Tanya

Attack and Retreat

as Sonya

Anna Karenina

as Anna Karenina

Mommy

Nirvana

as Margarita Ivanovna

The End of a Beautiful Epoch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

If I Had Four Dromedaries

as Self (photo)

Anna Karamazoff

Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

as Olenetskaya