
Actor
Born August 5, 1893 in Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (née Levchenko) was a Ukrainian-born actress of the silent film era. She was the first star of Imperial Russian cinema. Only eight of her films have survived, in part or in whole, and the total number she acted in is unknown, with speculation ranging from 50 to 100.

Cinema in Russia
Film footage

A Corpse Living
Masha, gypsy woman

The Last Tango
Chloe

Be Silent, My Sorrow, Be Silent
Paula, Lorio's partner

The Woman Who Invented Love
Antonella

The Beast in Man
Séverine

Forget the Fireplace; the Lights Went out in It ...
Mara Zet

At The Beauty's Altar
Polya, forester's daughter

How They Lie
Ganka, the dancer

Tortured Souls
Countess Rutskaya

By the Fireplace
Lidiya Lanina

Metropolitan Poison
Vera Darovskaya

The Moon Beauty
Anya, Stroev's daughter

A Life for a Life
Nata Khromova

Mirages
Marianna

Children of the Age
Mariya Nikolayevna

Vanyushin's Children

Song of Triumphant Love
Elena

Anna Karenina
Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)