Maria Ouspenskaya

Maria Ouspenskaya
Trailer for Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Born
Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya

(1876-07-29)29 July 1876
Tula, Russian Empire
Died3 December 1949(1949-12-03) (aged 73)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
OccupationActress
Years active1915–1949

Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya (Russian: Мария Алексеевна Успенская; 29 July 1876 – 3 December 1949) was a Russian actress and acting teacher.[1][2] She achieved success as a stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an older woman in Hollywood films.[3] She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dodsworth (1936) and Love Affair (1939).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference robinson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Nissen, Axel. 2006. Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties. Illustrated ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.; ISBN 978-0-7864-2746-8, p. 141.
  3. ^ Obituary for Maria Ouspenskaya, Variety, 7 December 1949; page 63.