Tatyana Samoylova

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
- Acting
- Born
- 1934-05-04 · Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- Died
- 2014-05-04
Known for
- The Cranes Are Flying (1957) — Veronika
- Letter Never Sent (1960) — Tanya
- Attack and Retreat (1964) — Sonya
- Anna Karenina (1967) — Anna Karenina
- Mommy (1999)
- Nirvana (2008) — Margarita Ivanovna
- The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- If I Had Four Dromedaries (1966) — Self (photo)
- Anna Karamazoff (1991)
- Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976) — Olenetskaya
- 24 Hours (2000) — mother
- No Return (1974) — Nastyura Shevtsova
- The Mexican (1956) — Maria
- Unexpected Joy (1972)
- Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
- Far from Sunset Boulevard (2006) — Lidiya Polyakova in old age