Vera Kholodnaya

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Vera Kholodnaya

Acting August 5, 1893

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 sur…

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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.

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  1. 1993
    Island of the Dead

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1979
    Cinema in Russia

    Movie Film footage

  3. 1919
    The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 1918
    A Corpse Living

    Movie Masha, gypsy woman

  5. 1918
    The Last Tango

    Movie Chloe

  6. 1918
    Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent

    Movie Paula, Lorio's partner

  7. 1918
    The Woman Who Invented Love

    Movie Antonella

  8. 1917
    The Beast in Man

    Movie Séverine

  9. 1917
  10. 1917
    At The Beauty's Altar

    Movie Polya, forester's daughter

  11. 1917
    How They Lie

    Movie Ganka, the dancer

  12. 1917
    Tortured Souls

    Movie Countess Rutskaya

  13. 1917
    By the Fireplace

    Movie Lidiya Lanina

  14. 1917
    Metropolitan Poison

    Movie Vera Darovskaya

  15. 1916
    The Moon Beauty

    Movie Anya, Stroev's daughter

  16. 1916
    A Life for a Life

    Movie Nata Khromova

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  1. 1916
    Mirages

    Movie Marianna

  2. 1915
  3. 1915
    Children of the Age

    Movie Mariya Nikolayevna

  4. 1915
  5. 1915
    Song of Triumphant Love

    Movie Elena

  6. 1914
    Anna Karenina

    Movie Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)