Alla A. Kazanskaya was a Russian actress of Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, best known for her film role as Lidiya Stepanovna in Burnt by the Sun (1994), an Academy Award-winning film by director Nikita Mikhalkov. She was born Alla Aleksandrovna Kazanskaya on June 15, 1920, in Russia. From 1935 - 1939 she studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical School ...