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Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Kholodnaya

Born: 1893-08-05 • 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.

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