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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. A Life for a Life (1916) — Nata Khromova
2. Children of the Age (1915) — Mariya Nikolayevna
3. Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent (1918) — Paula, Lorio's partner
4. Mirages (1916) — Marianna
5. Island of the Dead (1993) — Self (archive footage)
6. A Corpse Living (1918) — Masha, gypsy woman
7. Cinema in Russia (1979) — Film footage
8. Song of Triumphant Love (1915) — Elena
9. The Woman Who Invented Love (1918) — Antonella
10. Vanyushin's Children (1915)
11. The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya (1919) — Self (archive footage)
12. Anna Karenina (1914) — Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
13. The Last Tango (1918) — Chloe
14. The Moon Beauty (1916) — Anya, Stroev's daughter
15. Tortured Souls (1917) — Countess Rutskaya
16. How They Lie (1917) — Ganka, the dancer
17. The Beast in Man (1917) — Séverine
18. Metropolitan Poison (1917) — Vera Darovskaya
19. At The Beauty's Altar (1917) — Polya, forester's daughter
20. Cinema — for the Soldier (1915) — Self
21. By the Fireplace (1917) — Lidiya Lanina
22. Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ... (1917) — Mara Zet