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Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Kholodnaya

Born on August 5th, 1893

Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Died on February 17th, 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.

Filmography

Island of the Dead

1993

Self (archive footage)

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Cinema in Russia

1979

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The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya

1919

Self (archive footage)

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A Corpse Living

1918

Mascha

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The Last Tango

1918

Chloe

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Be Silent, Sorrow, Be Silent

1918

Paula, Lorio's partner

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The Woman Who Invented Love

1918

Antonella

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The Beast in Man

1917

Séverine

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At The Beauty's Altar

1917

Polya, forester's daughter

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How They Lie

1917

Ganka, the dancer

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Tortured Souls

1917

Countess Rutskaya

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Metropolitan Poison

1917

Vera Darovskaya

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The Moon Beauty

1916

Anya, Stroev's daughter

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A Life for a Life

1916

Nata Khromova

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Mirages

1916

Marianna

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Cinema — for the Soldier

1915

Herself

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Children of the Age

1915

Mariya Nikolayevna

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Vanyushin's Children

1915

Character TBA

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Song of Triumphant Love

1915

Elena

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Anna Karenina

1914

Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)

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