Alla Alexandrovna Kazanskaya () (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.Казанская Алла: «Эта пиковая дама». День рождения Аллы Казанской
/ref> Her most notable film appearance was in the Academy Award-winning drama '' Burnt by the Sun'' (1994).Умерла актриса и педагог Алла Казанская
/ref> Composer Aram Khachaturian dedicated the ''Waltz'' from his incidental music to Lermontov's ''Masquerade'' to her. By the time of her death at age 88, she was the theatre's oldest working actress. She had received the Crystal Turandot, Russia's foremost theatre award, in 2007. Kazanskaya was the fourth wife of director Boris Barnet, who committed suicide in 1965. Their daughter Olga Barnet (1951–2021) was also an actress.

Awards

* People's Artist of the RSFSR (1971)

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Russian-language obituary
* 1920 births 2008 deaths Actors from Chișinău Soviet film actresses Soviet stage actresses Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery 20th-century Russian women {{Russia-actor-stub