Tatiana Yevgenyevna Samoilova (Russian: Ð¢Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒÑ Ì Ð½Ð°
Ð•Ð²Ð³ÐµÌ Ð½ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ð°Ð¼Ð¾Ì Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð°; 4 May 1934 â€" 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.The only
daughter of actor Yevgeny Samoilov (or Samojlov), Samoilova was born
in Leningrad on 4 May 1934. Her mother, Zinaida (née Levina), was
Jewish. Soon after her birth, Samoilova's father moved the family to
Moscow. As a young girl, Samoilova was interested in ballet and
studied music with her mother. She attended the prestigious
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre to study ballet,
graduating in 1953. She was offered a position with the Bolshoi
Theatre by Maya Plisetskaya, but chose to attend the Boris Shchukin
Theatre Institute to study acting instead. While still in school, she
appeared in one film â€" The Mexican by director Vladimir
Kaplunovskiy.After three years at the Boris Shchukin Theater,
Samoilova landed the lead role of Veronika in Mikhail Kalatozov's war
film The Cranes Are Flying in 1957. The film was a tremendous success,
becoming the only Soviet movie to win the Palme d'Or, at the 1958
Cannes Film Festival. Samoilova received a special mention for "Most
Modest and Charming Actress". She went on to win Best Foreign Actress
at the Jussi Awards and the German Film Critics Award for Best Actress
in 1958. In 1959, she was nominated for Best Foreign Actress at the
BAFTA Awards.While on tour promoting The Cranes Are Flying, Samoilova
met Pablo Picasso who boldly predicted "tomorrow you will be driving
in a car through Hollywood". The prediction nearly came true, as she
received offers to work in Hollywood and other foreign film
industries. However, upon return home she learned the Soviet
government would forbid her taking foreign roles because she was still
a student at the time.
Ð•Ð²Ð³ÐµÌ Ð½ÑŒÐµÐ²Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ð°Ð¼Ð¾Ì Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð°; 4 May 1934 â€" 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.The only
daughter of actor Yevgeny Samoilov (or Samojlov), Samoilova was born
in Leningrad on 4 May 1934. Her mother, Zinaida (née Levina), was
Jewish. Soon after her birth, Samoilova's father moved the family to
Moscow. As a young girl, Samoilova was interested in ballet and
studied music with her mother. She attended the prestigious
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre to study ballet,
graduating in 1953. She was offered a position with the Bolshoi
Theatre by Maya Plisetskaya, but chose to attend the Boris Shchukin
Theatre Institute to study acting instead. While still in school, she
appeared in one film â€" The Mexican by director Vladimir
Kaplunovskiy.After three years at the Boris Shchukin Theater,
Samoilova landed the lead role of Veronika in Mikhail Kalatozov's war
film The Cranes Are Flying in 1957. The film was a tremendous success,
becoming the only Soviet movie to win the Palme d'Or, at the 1958
Cannes Film Festival. Samoilova received a special mention for "Most
Modest and Charming Actress". She went on to win Best Foreign Actress
at the Jussi Awards and the German Film Critics Award for Best Actress
in 1958. In 1959, she was nominated for Best Foreign Actress at the
BAFTA Awards.While on tour promoting The Cranes Are Flying, Samoilova
met Pablo Picasso who boldly predicted "tomorrow you will be driving
in a car through Hollywood". The prediction nearly came true, as she
received offers to work in Hollywood and other foreign film
industries. However, upon return home she learned the Soviet
government would forbid her taking foreign roles because she was still
a student at the time.
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