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.

Birthday

Aug 5, 1893

Place of birth

Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Deathday

Feb 17, 1919

Also known as

Vera Colodnaia
Vera Colodna
Vira Kholodna
Vera Jolódnaia
Vera Kholodnaia

Credited in

As cast

Vanyushin's Children
As
Children of the Age
As Mariya Nikolayevna
Mirages
As Marianna
The Funeral of Vera Kholodnaya
No picture available
As Self (archive footage)
A Life for a Life
As Nata Khromova
Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
As Paula, Lorio's partner
Cinema in Russia
As Film footage
Song of Triumphant Love
As Elena
Anna Karenina
As Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
Island of the Dead
No picture available
As Self (archive footage)
A Corpse Living
As Masha, gypsy woman
The Woman Who Invented Love
As Antonella
The Last Tango
As Chloe
The Moon Beauty
As Anya, Stroev's daughter
Tortured Souls
As Countess Rutskaya
How They Lie
As Ganka, the dancer
The Beast in Man
As Séverine
Metropolitan Poison
As Vera Darovskaya
At The Beauty's Altar
As Polya, forester's daughter
Cinema — for the Soldier
No picture available
As Herself