Alla Nazimova

Biography

Alla Nazimova (Russian and Ukrainian: Алла Назимова; 3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1879 – 13 July 1945) was an American film and theatre actress, a screenwriter, and film producer. She is perhaps best known as simply Nazimova, but also went under the name Alia Nasimoff. She emigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire. In 1927, Nazimova became a naturalized citizen of the United States. She was signed up by the American producer Henry Miller and made her Broadway debut in New York City, in 1906 to critical and popular success. She quickly became extremely popular (a theatre was named after her) and remained a major Broadway star for years, often acting in the plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov. Dorothy Parker described her as the finest Hedda Gabler she had ever seen. Due to her notoriety in a 35-minute 1915 play entitled War Brides, Nazimova made her silent film debut in 1916 in the filmed version of the play, which was produced by Lewis J. Selznick. A young actor with a bit part in the movie was Richard Barthelmess whose mother taught Nazimova English. In 1917, she negotiated a contract with Metro Pictures, a precursor to MGM, that included a weekly salary of $13,000. She…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Blood and Sand (1941) — Senora Augustias
2. Since You Went Away (1944) — Zofia Koslowska
3. Salomé (1923) — Salomé
4. Camille (1921) — Marguerite Gautier
5. Escape (1940) — Emmy Ritter
6. A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940) — Self
7. In Our Time (1944) — Zofia Orwid (as Nazimova)
8. The Red Lantern (1919) — Mahlee & Blanche Sackville
9. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) — Doña Maria - The Marquesa
10. Billions (1920) — Princess Triloff
11. Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow (2019) — Various Roles (archive footage)
12. The Heart of a Child (1920) — Sally Snape (as Nazimova)
13. The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961) — Self (archive footage)
14. The Redeeming Sin (1925) — Joan
15. A Woman of France (1918) — Louise
16. War Brides (1916) — Joan
17. Out of the Fog (1919) — Faith / Eve
18. A Doll's House (1922) — Nora Helmer
19. Madame Peacock (1920) — Jane Goring / Gloria Cromwell
20. Stronger Than Death (1920) — Sigrid Fersen
21. My Son (1925) — Ana Silva
22. Madonna of the Streets (1924) — Mary Carlson / Mary Ainsleigh
23. The Brat (1919) — The Brat
24. Toys of Fate (1918) — Zorah / Hagah
25. Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942) — Self (archive footage)
26. Eye for Eye (1918) — Hassouna
27. Revelation (1918) — Joline

Directed

1. Salomé (1923) — Director
2. Eye for Eye (1918) — Director