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.
Filmography
The Cranes Are Flying
as Veronika
Letter Never Sent
as Tanya
Attack and Retreat
as Sonya
Anna Karenina
as Anna Karenina
Nirvana
as Margarita Ivanovna
The End of a Beautiful Epoch
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
If I Had Four Dromedaries
as Self (photo)
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
as Olenetskaya
24 Hours
as mother
No Return
as Nastyura Shevtsova
The Mexican
as Maria
Far from Sunset Boulevard
as Lidiya Polyakova in old age
There is No Death For Me
as herself
The Ocean
as Masha
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
as Natasha
A Long Path on a Short Day
as Yekaterina Zolotarenko
Alba Regia
as Alba