Vera Kholodnaya

Born: 1893-08-05 in Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Died: 1919-02-17

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1993

Island of the Dead as Self (archive footage)

1979

Cinema in Russia as Film footage

1919

The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya as Self (archive footage)

1918

A Corpse Living as Masha, gypsy woman
The Woman Who Invented Love as Antonella
The Last Tango as Chloe
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent as Paula, Lorio's partner

1917

At The Beauty's Altar as Polya, forester's daughter
The Beast in Man as Séverine
Tortured Souls as Countess Rutskaya
Metropolitan Poison as Vera Darovskaya
How They Lie as Ganka, the dancer

1916

Mirages as Marianna
A Life for a Life as Nata Khromova
The Moon Beauty as Anya, Stroev's daughter

1915

Song of Triumphant Love as Elena
Children of the Age as Mariya Nikolayevna
Cinema — for the Soldier as Herself
Vanyushin's Children

1914

Anna Karenina as Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)