Vera Kholodnaya
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1893-08-05 (26 years old)
Deathday
1919-02-17
Place of Birth
Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Also known As
Vera Colodnaia
Vera Colodna
Vira Kholodna
Vera Jolódnaia
Vera Kholodnaia
Vera Kholodnaya
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.
Acting
1915
as Mariya Nikolayevna
1916
as Marianna
1919
as Self (archive footage)
1916
as Nata Khromova
1918
as Paula, Lorio's partner
1979
as Film footage
1915
as Elena
1914
as Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
1993
as Self (archive footage)
1918
as Masha, gypsy woman
1918
as Antonella
1918
as Chloe
1916
as Anya, Stroev's daughter
1917
as Countess Rutskaya
1917
as Ganka, the dancer
1917
as Séverine
1917
as Vera Darovskaya
1917
as Polya, forester's daughter
1915
as Herself
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