Vera Kholodnaya
Known for
Acting
Life
1893 – 1919 (aged 25)
Born in
Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Credits
View on IMDb19 acting credits
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.
Known For
A Life for a Life
09 May 1916
Children of the Age
03 Oct 1915
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
14 May 1918
Mirages
02 Jan 1916
A Corpse Living
14 Oct 1918
Cinema in Russia
27 Aug 1979
Song of Triumphant Love
02 Jan 1915
The Woman Who Invented Love
01 Jan 1918
Photos
Filmography
1979
- Cinema in Russiaas Film footage
1918
- A Corpse Livingas Masha, gypsy woman
- The Last Tangoas Chloe
- Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silentas Paula, Lorio's partner
- The Woman Who Invented Loveas Antonella
1917
- The Beast in Manas Séverine
- Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ...as Mara Zet
- At The Beauty's Altaras Polya, forester's daughter
- How They Lieas Ganka, the dancer
- Tortured Soulsas Countess Rutskaya
- By the Fireplaceas Lidiya Lanina
- Metropolitan Poisonas Vera Darovskaya
1916
- The Moon Beautyas Anya, Stroev's daughter
- A Life for a Lifeas Nata Khromova
- Miragesas Marianna
1915
- Children of the Ageas Mariya Nikolayevna
- Vanyushin's Children
- Song of Triumphant Loveas Elena
1914
- Anna Kareninaas Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)