Zoya Vasilkova was born on May 4, 1926 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Gentlemen of Fortune (1971), The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979) and Through Fire, Water and... Brass Pipes (1968). She was married to Yuri Chekelyev. She died on June 1, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Russia.