Vera Tschechowa

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Vera Tschechowa

Acting July 22, 1940

Berlin, Germany

Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaught…

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Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

6.2 1970 TV Show
NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

6.6 1979 TV Show
A Case For Two

A Case For Two

5.7 1981 TV Show
Riverboat

Riverboat

5.2 1992 TV Show
Wolffs Revier

Wolffs Revier

3.7 1992 TV Show
Der Fahnder

Der Fahnder

7.3 1984 TV Show
Dalli Dalli

Dalli Dalli

9.3 1971 TV Show
Love at Twenty

Love at Twenty

6.7 1962 Movie
Peter Strohm

Peter Strohm

6.8 1989 TV Show
Cliff Dexter

Cliff Dexter

9.0 1966 TV Show
The Curse of the Hidden Vault

The Curse of the Hidden Vault

5.7 1964 Movie
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern

6.1 1957 Movie

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Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaughter of Russian-born actors Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov; her great-great-uncle was the famous playwright Anton Chekhov. She became known as “The Girl with the Cat Eyes” after starring in Eugen York's film of the same name. Tschechowa began her career in film and theater in the late 1950s, making her screen debut in 1957. She appeared in over 90 film and television productions, earning critical recognition for roles such as Ulla Wickweber in Das Brot der frühen Jahre. In addition to acting, she co-founded Atossa Filmproduktion in 1980 and later focused on directing documentaries and television portraits of notable figures from politics and the arts. Her autobiography Überwiegend heiter: Mein ziemlich bewegtes Leben was published in 2022.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

    Movie Self

  2. 2011
    Directing Hell

    Movie

  3. 2008
    Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

    Movie Self

  4. 1996
    Suspicion of Guilt

    Movie Mrs. Clausthal

  5. 1994
    Klaus-Maria Brandauer - Ansichten eines Räuberhauptmanns

    Movie Director

  6. 1993
    Hans-Dietrich Genscher – Mein Halle

    Movie Director

  7. 1992
    Neptun und Isolde

    Movie

  8. 1992
    Wolffs Revier

    TV show Christin Wendrich

  9. 1992
    Riverboat

    TV show Self

  10. 1991
    Love at First Sight

    Movie Elsas Mutter

  11. 1991
    Insel der Träume

    TV show Lisa Rostow

  12. 1989
    Mit Leib und Seele

    TV show Frau Rahner

  13. 1989
    Peter Strohm

    TV show Alexandra Aust

  14. 1989
    Earthbound

    Movie Hanna Frey

  15. 1989
    Frei zum Abschuß

    Movie

  16. 1987
    Devil's Paradise

    Movie Producer

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  1. 1986
    Losberg

    TV show Ruth von Trenz

  2. 1986
    Tarot

    Movie Charlotte

  3. 1986
    Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle

    Movie Anita Cliff

  4. 1985
    Tschechow in meinem Leben

    Movie Self

  5. 1984
    Reserl am Hofe

    Movie Baroness

  6. 1984
    Blaubart

    Movie Gisela

  7. 1984
    Der Fahnder

    TV show Lena

  8. 1984
    Tausend Augen

    Movie Victoria

  9. 1984
    Treffpunkt im Unendlichen

    Movie Katia, Tänzerin in Paris

  10. 1983
    Haus Vaterland

    Movie

  11. 1982
    The Axe of Wandsbek

    Movie Fräulein Blüthe

  12. 1982
    Desperado City

    Movie Hilke

  13. 1981
    A Case For Two

    TV show Julia Winter

  14. 1981
    Frau über vierzig

    TV show Hanna Lachner

  15. 1980
    Panic Time

    Movie Frau Dr. Wunder

  16. 1979
    Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen

    Movie

  17. 1979
    Jahreszeiten der Liebe

    Movie

  18. 1979
    Die Pyramide

    TV show Self

  19. 1979
    NDR Talk Show

    TV show Self

  20. 1978
    … von Herzen mit Schmerzen

    Movie

  21. 1978
    Der Schimmelreiter

    Movie Vollina Harders

  22. 1978
    Geschichten aus der Zukunft

    TV show Moira

  23. 1977
    Zeit der Empfindsamkeit

    Movie Sylvia

  24. 1977
    Geschäft mit der Sonne

    TV show Birgit Schulz