17 Facts About Marianne Pistohlkors

Marianne von Pistohlkors, born Marianna Erikovna von Pistohlkors was a Russian-born aristocrat and later an actress.

Marianne Pistohlkors was a suspected co-conspirator in the murder of Grigori Rasputin.

Marianne Pistohlkors became one of the first women of nobility to attend the Imperial School of Dramatic Arts, and she appeared under the stage name of Mariana Fiory in MGM's 1944 film, Song of Russia.

Marianne Pistohlkors was an adjutant to Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, the Tsar's uncle.

Olga Valerianovna von Marianne Pistohlkors eventually obtained a divorce and married Grand Duke Paul on 10 October 1902 in a Greek Orthodox Church in Livorno, Italy.

Marianne von Pistohlkors thus became, at age 15, a countess, and later the daughter of a princess.

Grand Duke Dmitri was an excellent horseman who participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and later, along with Marianne Pistohlkors, became a suspect in Rasputin's murder.

Marianne von Pistohlkors was allegedly one of two women and several men present in the palace belonging to Felix Yussupov on the night that Rasputin was lured there on 17 December 1916.

Marianne Pistohlkors was executed there on 18 July 1918, and his body was dumped in a mine shaft near Alapayevsk.

Marianne Pistohlkors explained that we must immediately dress and go to Petrograd.

Marianne Pistohlkors had come from there in an automobile to fetch us.

Marianne Pistohlkors asked for, and was given, wooly socks to warm the imperial feet.

In 1930, Marianne Pistohlkors divorced Count von Zarnekau, her third husband, and launched her acting career in Europe under the stage name of "Mariana Fiory".

Marianne Pistohlkors went on to Rome, to star opposite Emma Gramatica, a popular Italian film actress of the 1930s.

Marianne Pistohlkors first appeared on the New York stage in February 1937 as the lead in Michel Dulud's play "Dans le Noir" at the Barbizon-Plaza theatre.

In late 1938, Marianne Pistohlkors played "Tessie Konstantin" in the Broadway production of the satire "Waltz in Goose Step" at the Hudson Theatre.

Marianne Pistohlkors told the reporter she was "very, very ready" to discourse at length on the worthlessness of royal connections.