Vera Kholodnaya
Born
August 5, 1893
Died
February 17, 1919 (25 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
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
Island of the Dead
Self (archive footage)
1993
Cinema in Russia
Film footage
1979
The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya
Self (archive footage)
1919
A Corpse Living
Mascha
1918
The Last Tango
Chloe
1918
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
Paula, Lorio's partner
1918
The Woman Who Invented Love
Antonella
1918
The Beast in Man
Séverine
1917
At The Beauty's Altar
Polya, forester's daughter
1917
How They Lie
Ganka, the dancer
1917
Tortured Souls
Countess Rutskaya
1917
Metropolitan Poison
Vera Darovskaya
1917
The Moon Beauty
Anya, Stroev's daughter
1916
A Life for a Life
Nata Khromova
1916
Mirages
Marianna
1916
Cinema — for the Soldier
Herself
1915
Children of the Age
Mariya Nikolayevna
1915
Vanyushin's Children
1915
Song of Triumphant Love
Elena
1915
Anna Karenina
Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
1914