Anna Sten
Birthday
1908/12/03
Day of death
1993/11/12 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]
Also know as
Anna Petrivna Fesak, Ганна Фесак
Biography
Anna Sten (Ukrainian: А́нна Стен; born Anna Petrivna Fesak) was a Ukrainian-born American actress. She began her career in stage plays and films in the Soviet Union before traveling to Germany, where she starred in several films. Her performances were noticed by film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who brought her to the United States with the aim of creating a new screen personality to rival Greta Garbo. After a few unsuccessful films, Goldwyn released her from her contract. She continued to act occasionally until her final film appearance in 1962.
Acting
(1935) The Wedding Night
as Manya Novak
(1927) The Girl with the Hat Box
as Natasha
(1931) Bombs Over Monte Carlo
as Königin von Pontenero Yola I
(1934) Nana
as Nana
(1928) The White Eagle
as ---
(1928) The Yellow Ticket
as Maria, young farmer's wife
(1940) The Man I Married
as Frieda
(1934) We Live Again
as Katusha Maslova
(1941) So Ends Our Night
as Lilo
(1936) A Woman Alone
as Maria Krasnova aka Maria Novikova
(1943) Three Russian Girls
as Natasha
(1939) Exile Express
as Nadine Nikolas
(1931) The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
as Gruschenka
(1943) They Came to Blow Up America
as Frau Reiter
(1932) The Tempest
as Russen-Annya
(1948) Let's Live a Little
as Michele Bennett
(1928) My Son
as Olga Surina
(1929) Glory Dealers
as ---
(1962) The Nun and the Sergeant
as Sister Mary Joseph
(1956) Runaway Daughters
as Ruth Barton
(1940) The Eternal Jew
as Gruschenka (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1943) Chetniks!
as Lubitca Mihailovitch
(1930) Bookkeeper Kremke
as Lene, Kremkes ältere Tochter
(1955) Soldier of Fortune
as Madame Dupree
(1929) Golden Beak
as ---
(1931) Trapeze
as Marina
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Antonia Kohlermann
(1957) The Walter Winchell File
as ---