Vasili Vanin was born on January 13, 1898 in Tambov, Russian Empire as Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin. He was an actor and director, known for Sekretar raykoma (1942), Chlen pravitelstva (1940) and Lenin v oktyabre (1937). He died on May 12, 1951 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.