Era Garafovna Ziganshina (, ; born February 1, 1944) is a

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and Russian film and stage actress,

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Biography

Ziganshina was born in

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). From 1965 to 1976 he worked at the Baltic House Festival Theatre (with a break in 1970 he worked at the Russian drama theater in

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Filmography

* 1967 ''

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'' ''()'' * 1976 '' Heavenly Swallows'' ''()'' * 1982 '' Magistral'' ''()'' * 1982 '' Through the Fire'' ''()'' * 1991 '' The Man Who Doesn't Return'' ''()'' * 1994 '' The Year of the Dog'' ''()'' * 1998 '' Marigolds in Flower'' ''()'' * 2000 '' Bandit Petersburg'' ''()'' * 2000 '' Streets of Broken Lights'' ''()'' * 2005 '' The Fall of the Empire'' ''()'' * 2007 '' Antonina Turned Around'' ''()'' * 2011 '' Sky Court'' ''()''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziganshina, Era 1944 births Living people Actors from Kazan Soviet film actresses Soviet television actresses Soviet stage actresses Russian film actresses Russian television actresses Russian stage actresses People's Artists of Russia Honored Artists of the RSFSR Tatar people of Russia 20th-century Russian actresses