Olga Baclanova
Birthday
1893/08/16
Day of death
1974/09/06 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also know as
Olga Baklanova, Baclanova, オルガ・バクラノヴァ, Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova, Ольга Бакланова, О. Бакланова
Biography
From Wikipedia Ólga Vladímirovna Baclanova (19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974) was a Russian-born actress and operatic singer, who achieved prominence during the silent film era and was often billed under her last name only, as Baclanova, similarly to the surname-only nomenclature assigned to fellow countryman Nazimova. She was billed as the "Russian Tigress" and remains most noted by modern audiences for portraying Cleopatra in Tod Browning's horror movie Freaks (1932), which features a cast ...Read more
Acting
(1928) The Docks of New York
as Lou
(1928) The Man Who Laughs
as Duchess Josiana
(1929) The Man I Love
as Sonia Barondoff
(1929) A Dangerous Woman
as Tania Gregory
(1932) Downstairs
as Baroness Eloise von Burgen
(1931) The Great Lover
as Savarova
(1943) Claudia
as Madame Daruschka
(1930) Cheer Up and Smile
as Yvonne
(1928) Forgotten Faces
as Lilly Harlow
(1928) The Woman Disputed
as Countess (replaced by Gladys Brockwell) (scenes deleted)
(1914) When The Heart's Strings Sound
as Ira
(1928) Avalanche
as Grace Stillwell
(1928) Three Sinners
as Baroness Hilda Brings
(1918) Bread
as ---
(1928) The Street of Sin
as Annie
(1930) Are You There?
as Countess Helenka
(1929) The Wolf of Wall Street
as Olga
(1917) Flowers Belated
as Marusya
(1933) The Billion Dollar Scandal
as "Goo Goo" [script name: Anna]
(1916) He Who Gets Slapped
as Horse rider Consuella
(1932) Freaks
as Cleopatra
(1915) The Afterlife Wanderer
as Vera