Vera Kholodnaya
Known For
Acting
Born
1893-08-05 in Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Died
1919-02-17
Biography
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (née Levchenko) was a Ukrainian-born actress of the silent film era. She was the first star of Imperial Russian cinema. Only eight of her films have survived, in part or in whole, and the total number she acted in is unknown, with speculation ranging from 50 to 100.
Most Known For
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
Tortured Souls
as Countess Rutskaya
Anna Karenina
as Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
Island of the Dead
as Self (archive footage)
Metropolitan Poison
as Vera Darovskaya
Song of Triumphant Love
as Elena
Vanyushin's Children
The Woman Who Invented Love
as Antonella
A Life for a Life
as Nata Khromova
The Moon Beauty
as Anya, Stroev's daughter
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
as Paula, Lorio's partner
A Corpse Living
as Masha, gypsy woman
Children of the Age
as Mariya Nikolayevna
Cinema — for the Soldier
as Herself
The Last Tango
as Chloe
Mirages
as Marianna
The Beast in Man
as Séverine
How They Lie
as Ganka, the dancer
The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya
as Self (archive footage)
At The Beauty's Altar
as Polya, forester's daughter