Vera Tschechowa
Born: 1940-07-22 in Berlin, Germany
Died: 2024-04-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaughter of Russian-born actors Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov; her great-great-uncle was the famous playwright Anton Chekhov. She became known as “The Girl with the Cat Eyes” after starring in Eugen York's film of the same name. Tschechowa began her career in film and theater in the late 1950s, making her screen debut in 1957. She appeared in over 90 film and television productions, earning critical recognition for roles such as Ulla Wickweber in Das Brot der frühen Jahre. In addition to acting, she co-founded Atossa Filmproduktion in 1980 and later focused on directing documentaries and television portraits of notable figures from politics and the arts. Her autobiography Überwiegend heiter: Mein ziemlich bewegtes Leben was published in 2022.
Filmography
2022
- Rex Gildo: The Last Dance as Self
2011
2008
1996
- Suspicion of Guilt as Mrs. Clausthal
1994
- Klaus-Maria Brandauer - Ansichten eines Räuberhauptmanns ... (Director)
1993
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher – Mein Halle ... (Director)
1992
- Riverboat as Self
- Wolffs Revier as Christin Wendrich
- Neptun und Isolde
1991
- Insel der Träume as Lisa Rostow
- Love at First Sight as Elsas Mutter
1989
- Peter Strohm as Alexandra Aust
- Mit Leib und Seele as Frau Rahner
- Earthbound as Hanna Frey
- Frei zum Abschuß
1987
- Devil's Paradise ... (Producer)
1986
- Losberg as Ruth von Trenz
- Tarot as Charlotte
- Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle as Anita Cliff
1985
- Tschechow in meinem Leben as Self
1984
- Der Fahnder as Lena
- Blaubart as Gisela
- Tausend Augen as Victoria
- Reserl am Hofe as Baroness
- Treffpunkt im Unendlichen as Katia, Tänzerin in Paris
1983
1982
- Desperado City as Hilke
- The Axe of Wandsbek as Fräulein Blüthe
1981
- A Case For Two as Julia Winter
- Frau über vierzig as Hanna Lachner
1980
- Panic Time as Frau Dr. Wunder
1979
1978
- Geschichten aus der Zukunft as Moira
- Der Schimmelreiter as Vollina Harders
- … von Herzen mit Schmerzen
1977
- Geschäft mit der Sonne as Birgit Schulz
- Zeit der Empfindsamkeit as Sylvia
1976
- Erika's Passions as Franziska
1975
- Cold Blood as Corinna
- Euridice BA 2037 as Evridiki
- Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek as Lucy Lockit
1974
- 3 nach 9 as Self
- Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin as Sécurité-Agentin
1973
- The First Circle as Clara
- Olifant as Charis
1972
- Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau as Alberts Geliebte
- The Illegal as Katharina Feldmann
1971
- Dalli Dalli as Self - Candidate
- Duell zu Dritt as Liz Bentley
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Wiktorija
- Do You Believe in Swedish Sin? as Kristina
- Krebsstation as Dr. Wera
1968
- Love and So Forth as Nina
1967
- Der eine Tag im Jahr as Jane
1966
- Cliff Dexter as Violet
- Jörg Preda berichtet as Jennifer Vernon
- Call Girls of Frankfurt as Vera Paterny
1965
- Die chinesische Mauer as Julia
- Der Rebell, der keiner war as Minnie Powell
- Verhör am Nachmittag as Barbara Winkler
- Anatomie eines Unfalls as Lilo Förster
1964
- Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
- The Curse of the Hidden Vault as Feder-Lissy
- Thomas More as Margaret More
- Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk as Sinitschka
- Leocadia as Amanda
1963
- Interpol as Jeanette
- Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker as Blanche Fleury
- Wassa Schelesnowa as Lisa
1962
- Love at Twenty
- The Bread of Those Early Years as Ulla Wickwebe
1961
- Froher Herbst des Lebens as Ginevra Dunbar
1960
- Der Schleier fiel… as Lisa Roth
- The Young Sinner as Carola
1959
- And That on Monday Morning as Monika
- Freddy unter fremden Sternen as Manuela O’Brien
- Melodie und Rhythmus as (uncredited)
1958
- The Doctor of Stalingrad as Tamara
- Angel in a Taxi as The dancer Camilla
- Meine 99 Bräute as Else Heer
- The Girl with the Cat Eyes as Katja
1957
- Unter Achtzehn as Elfie Breitner
- Witwer mit 5 Töchtern as Anne Scherzer
1951
- German Film Award as Self