Shaken Ajmanov was born on February 15, 1914 in Bayan-Aul, Russian Empire [now Bayanaul, Pavlodar Oblast, Kazakhstan]. He was a director and actor, known for Pesnya zovet (1961), Angel v tyubeteyke (1969) and V odnom rayone (1960). He died on December 23, 1970 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].