Maria Ouspenskaya
Birthday
1876/07/28
Day of death
1949/12/03 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Tula, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also know as
Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya, Mariya Uspenskaya, Мария Успенская, М. Успенская
Biography
Maria Ouspenskaya was a Russian stage and screen actress, in America from 1922, performing, in the States, first on Broadway, later, from 1936, in Hollywood film supporting roles. In 1929 she founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York City.
Acting
(1940) The Mortal Storm
as Mrs. Breitner
(1943) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as Maleva the Gypsy
(1937) Conquest
as la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
(1940) Beyond Tomorrow
as Madame Tanya
(1936) Dodsworth
as Baroness Von Obersdorf
(1940) Dance, Girl, Dance
as Madame Basilova
(1941) The Wolf Man
as Maleva
(1941) The Shanghai Gesture
as The Amah
(1940) Waterloo Bridge
as Madame Olga Kirowa
(1939) Love Affair
as Grandmother
(1942) Kings Row
as Madame von Eln
(1945) Tarzan and the Amazons
as Amazon Queen
(1940) Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Franziska Speyer
(1939) Judge Hardy and Son
as Judith Volduzzi
(1939) The Rains Came
as Maharani
(1946) I've Always Loved You
as Madame Goronoff
(1940) The Man I Married
as Frau Gerhardt
(1949) A Kiss in the Dark
as Mme. Karina
(1942) The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Madame Cecile Roget
(1947) Wyoming
as Maria
(1917) Flowers Belated
as Matchmaker
(1999) Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)