Alla Nazimova
Birthday
1879/06/03
Day of death
1945/07/13 (66 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]
Also know as
Alla Nazimoff, Nazimova, Marem-Ides (Adelaida Yakovlevna) Leventon, Марем-Идес Левентон, Marem-Ides Leventon
Biography
From Wikipedia 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 Y...Read more
Acting
(1944) Since You Went Away
as Zofia Koslowska
(1941) Blood and Sand
as Senora Augustias
(1920) The Heart of a Child
as Sally Snape (as Nazimova)
(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1922) Salomé
as Salomé
(1940) Escape
as Emmy Ritter
(1944) The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Doña Maria - The Marquesa
(1919) The Brat
as The Brat
(1918) Toys of Fate
as Zorah / Hagah
(1918) A Woman of France
as Louise
(1925) The Redeeming Sin
as Joan
(1921) Camille
as Marguerite Gautier
(1942) Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1919) The Red Lantern
as Mahlee & Blanche Sackville
(1916) War Brides
as Joan
(1919) Out of the Fog
as Faith / Eve
(1922) A Doll's House
as Nora Helmer
(1918) Eye for Eye
as Hassouna
(1940) A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
(1920) Billions
as Princess Triloff
(1920) Madame Peacock
as Jane Goring / Gloria Cromwell
(1918) Revelation
as Joline
(1920) Stronger Than Death
as Sigrid Fersen
(2019) Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(1925) My Son
as Ana Silva
(1924) Madonna of the Streets
as Mary Carlson / Mary Ainsleigh
(1944) In Our Time
as Zofia Orwid (as Nazimova)