Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 5, 1893
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.
Known For - Movies
The Last Tango
as Chloe
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
Mirages
as Marianna
Tortured Souls
as Countess Rutskaya
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
as Paula, Lorio's partner
A Corpse Living
as Masha, gypsy woman
Anna Karenina
as Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
At The Beauty's Altar
as Polya, forester's daughter
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Island of the Dead
as Self (archive footage)
