Vera Kholodnaya
Acting
Born 1893-08-05
Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
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
Popular credits
A Life for a Life
Nata Khromova
Children of the Age
Mariya Nikolayevna
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
Paula, Lorio's partner
Mirages
Marianna
Island of the Dead
Self (archive footage)
Cinema in Russia
Film footage
A Corpse Living
Masha, gypsy woman
Vanyushin's Children
The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya
Self (archive footage)
Song of Triumphant Love
Elena
Anna Karenina
Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
The Woman Who Invented Love
Antonella
The Last Tango
Chloe
The Moon Beauty
Anya, Stroev's daughter
Tortured Souls
Countess Rutskaya
How They Lie
Ganka, the dancer
The Beast in Man
Séverine
Metropolitan Poison
Vera Darovskaya
At The Beauty's Altar
Polya, forester's daughter
Cinema — for the Soldier
Herself