Vera Kholodnaya
- Acting
- August 5, 1893 · Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
- February 17, 1919
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
Filmography
- Island of the Dead · Self
- Cinema in Russia · Film footage
- The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya · Self
- A Corpse Living · Masha, gypsy woman
- The Last Tango · Chloe
- Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent · Paula, Lorio's partner
- The Woman Who Invented Love · Antonella
- The Beast in Man · Séverine
- Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ... · Mara Zet
- At The Beauty's Altar · Polya, forester's daughter
- How They Lie · Ganka, the dancer
- Tortured Souls · Countess Rutskaya
- By the Fireplace · Lidiya Lanina
- Metropolitan Poison · Vera Darovskaya
- The Moon Beauty · Anya, Stroev's daughter
- A Life for a Life · Nata Khromova
- Mirages · Marianna
- Cinema — for the Soldier · Self
- Children of the Age · Mariya Nikolayevna
- Vanyushin's Children
- Song of Triumphant Love · Elena
- Anna Karenina · Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)