Yanina Zhejmo Explained

Yanina Zhejmo
Birth Name:	Yanina Boleslavovna Zhejmo
Birth Date:	29 May 1909
Birth Place:	Volkovysk, Russian Empire (now Vawkavysk, Belarus)
Death Place:	Warsaw, Polish People's Republic
Occupation:	Actress
Spouse:	Andrei Kostrichkin Iosif Kheifits Leon Jeannot
Yearsactive:	1925–1975

Yanina Boleslavovna Zhejmo (Russian: Янина Болеславовна Жеймо; Polish: Janina Bolesławowna Żejmo; 29 May 1909 – 29 December 1987) was a Soviet actress with Polish parents. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1925 and 1955.^[1]

Partial filmography

• Mishki versus Yudenich (1925, Short) - youngster
• The Devil's Wheel (1926, Short)
• The Overcoat (1926)
• Somebody Else's Coat (1927) - Circus actress
• Little Brother (1927, Short)
• The Club of the Big Deed (1927)
• The New Babylon (1929) - Therese, a seamstress
• Road to the World (1929)
• The Blue Express (1929)
• Alone (1931) - Young Teacher
• Man from Prison (1931)
• Seeking Asylum (1932)
• My Motherland (1933) - Olya
• Song of Happiness (1934) - Anuk
• Red Army Days (1935) - Kika, her friend
• Girl Friends (1936) - Asya
• Lenochka i vinograd (1936)
• Enemies (1938) - Nadya
• A Soldier Was Returning (1939) - Froska Kotko - Semen's sister
• Doctor Kalyuzhnyy (1939)
• Adventures of Korzinkina (1941, Short) - Korzinkina
• Boyevoy kinosbornik 12 (1942) - (segment "Vanka")
• Two Soldiers (1943) - Nurse
• The Young Fritz (1943) - Pchyolka (segment 'Pchyolka' / 'The bee')
• March–April (1944) - Cadet Katya Veselova
• We from the Urals (1944) - Vera Zavarina
• Cinderella (1947) - Cinderella
• Two Friends (1954) - Kostya's mother
• The Snow Queen (1957) - Gerda (voice) (final film role)

Notes and References

1. Book: Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Peter Rollberg. Rowman & Littlefield. 2009. US. 978-0-8108-6072-8. 761-762.