Anna Vladlenovna Samokhina (; 14 January 1963 – 8 February 2010) was a Russian actress. Samokhina started her film career in the 1980s and quickly became popular due to her talent, beauty and charm. She is best known as the leading actress in

Yuri Kara Yuri Viktorovich Kara (Russian: Юрий Викторович Кара), born on 12 November 1954 in Stalino, is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Yuri Kara was born on 12 November 1954 in the Stalino, which is now ca ...

's ''Barons of Crime'' (

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. ''Воры в законе''), a most outlandish, brutal and controversial Soviet film, about

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and

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in the late

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. At the end of the 1990s, Samokhina stopped working in cinema, focusing primarily on her private life and restaurant business. In 2008, she returned to cinema and participated in several pictures. The actress was married twice. From her first marriage, she had a daughter, Alexandra, who later became an actress too. In November 2009, Anna Samokhina was diagnosed with

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at a late stage.''Людмила Грабенко''
Даже в хосписе Анна Самохина до последнего дня делала себе маникюр
// bulvar.com.ua Until 1 February 2010, Russian press and many actors in country did not know that her illness was very serious. She died on 8 February 2010 in a hospital in Saint Petersburg.

Selected filmography

* 1988: ''

The Prisoner of Château d'If ''The Prisoner of Château d'If'' or () is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on the novel ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas. Plot The film is set in France, at the beginning of the 19th century. A ...

'' () as ''Mercedes'' * 1988: ''

Barons of Crime ''Barons of Crime'' () is a 1988 Soviet crime thriller film directed by Yuri Kara based on the stories of Fazil Iskander. The film tells about the confrontation between two leaders of criminal gangs from one coastal city.Don César de Bazan ''Don César de Bazan'' is an opéra comique in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Philippe-François Pinel " Dumanoir" and Jules Chantepie, based on the play by d'Ennery and Dumanoir, which was first perform ...

'' () as ''Maritana'' * 1990: ''

Frenzied Bus Frenzied Bus () is a 1990 Soviet crime film. The story is based on real events that occurred on 1 December 1988, when there was a hijacking of a bus with children in Ordzhonikidze. Plot The events of the film take place in 1988 in the city of ...

'' () as ''Tamara Fotaki'' * 1992: ''

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'' () as ''She'' * 1993: '' Angelica's Passion'' () as ''Angelica Kudrina'' * 1994: '' The Wheel of Love'' () as ''Ekaterina L'vovna'' * 1996: '' Train to Brooklyn'' () as ''Vera'' * 1999: '' Chinese Tea-Set'' () as ''Zinaida Voloshina'' * 1999: ''

Streets of Broken Lights ''Streets of Broken Lights'' () is a Russian criminal drama-detective TV series anthology about police work in Saint-Petersburg. The pilot episode, known as ''Menty'' (, literally "Cops") premiered in 1995, while the initial series ran for 16 non ...

'' () as ''Larisa'' * 2010: ''

In the Style of Jazz ''In the Style of Jazz'' () is a 2010 romantic comedy directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. Plot The protagonist is a successful young man with charm and the ability to please all women regardless of their age and position in society. The heroine is ...

'' () as ''wife of Viktor Ivanovich''

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* 1963 births 2010 deaths Soviet film actresses Russian film actresses Soviet stage actresses Russian stage actresses Russian television actresses Deaths from stomach cancer in Russia Russian restaurateurs Russian women television presenters {{Russia-actor-stub