Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya
Вера Васильевна Холодная
Born
Vera Vasilyevna Levchenko

(1893-08-05)5 August 1893
Poltava, Russian Empire
Died16 February 1919(1919-02-16) (aged 25)
Odessa, Ukrainian People's Republic
OccupationActress
Years active1914–1918
Spouse
Vladimir Kholodny
(m. 1910)
Children2

Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (née Levchenko; Ukrainian: Віра Василівна Холодна ; Russian: Вера Васильевна Холодная; 5 August 1893 – 16 February 1919) was a Russian cinema actress .[1][2][3] She was the first star of Imperial Russian silent cinema. Only five of her films still exist, and the total number she acted in is unknown, with speculation ranging from 50 to 100.[4]

  1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 345–346. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. ^ Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer, eds. (2000). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-7876-4067-5.
  3. ^ Sergei Eisenstein (1996). Richard Taylor (ed.). Selected Works, Volume 3. BFI Pub. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-85170-530-9.
  4. ^ "Vera Kholodnaya Russian silent cinema actress :: people :: Russia-InfoCentre". russia-ic.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.