Vera Kholodnaya
Acting1893Poltava, 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
Acting History
1993
Island of the Dead
as Self (archive footage)
1979
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
1919
The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya
as Self (archive footage)
1918
The Last Tango
as Chloe
A Corpse Living
as Masha, gypsy woman
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
as Paula, Lorio's partner
The Woman Who Invented Love
as Antonella
1917
The Beast in Man
as Séverine
At The Beauty's Altar
as Polya, forester's daughter
Tortured Souls
as Countess Rutskaya
Metropolitan Poison
as Vera Darovskaya
How They Lie
as Ganka, the dancer
1916
1915
Cinema — for the Soldier
as Herself
Children of the Age
as Mariya Nikolayevna
Song of Triumphant Love
as Elena
1914
Anna Karenina
as Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)