Alla Kazanskaya

Biography

Alla Alexandrovna Kazanskaya (Russian: Алла Александровна Казанская) (15 June 1920 – 25 June 2008) was a Russian stage and film actress. She began her career at the age of 18 at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow. Her most notable film appearance was in the Academy Award-winning drama Burnt by the Sun (1994).

Known For

Burnt by the Sun

Acting

1997

The Saint

as

Old Russian Lady

1940

Youth of Commanders

as

2011

Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

as

1978

If the Stars Are Falling

as

Narrator (voice)

2000

Repete

as

1941

Prairie Station

as

Galina Polevaya

1994

The Iron Curtain

as

Anna Markovna, Grandmother

1983

Monsieur Lenoir, who...

as

1964

The Tale of Young Spouses

as

1971

Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man

as

Turusina

1951

Bountiful Summer

as

Nadezhda

1989

Пять углов

as

Aunt Tasya

1969

Faust

as

1971

Тысяча душ

as

General's Wife

1976

Ladies and Hussars

as

1953

Yegor Bulychyov and Others

as

Antonina

1994

Burnt by the Sun

as

2004

This Queen of Spades

as

1979

Idiot

as

Adjutants of Love

as

Anna Lopukhina

Production

Crew

Directing