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Vera Kholodnaya

Aug 05, 1893 - Feb 17, 1919 (25 years old) in Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

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

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The Woman Who Invented Love
Antonella
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Anna Karenina
Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
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Tortured Souls
Countess Rutskaya
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How They Lie
Ganka, the dancer
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At The Beauty's Altar
Polya, forester's daughter
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Mirages
Marianna
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The Moon Beauty
Anya, Stroev's daughter
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Children of the Age
Mariya Nikolayevna
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Island of the Dead
Self (archive footage)
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Metropolitan Poison
Vera Darovskaya

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