15 Facts About Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya was a Russian cinema actress.

Vera Kholodnaya was the first star of Imperial Russian silent cinema.

Vera Kholodnaya often accompanied him in races, which resulted in road accidents.

Vera Kholodnaya adopted his surname, which translates to "the cold one".

In 1908, Vera Kholodnaya attended a performance of Francesca da Rimini, with Vera Kholodnaya Komissarzhevskaya in the title role.

Vera Kholodnaya was deeply impressed with Komissarzhevskaya's artistry and decided to venture in film acting.

Vera Kholodnaya approached Vladimir Gardin, a leading Russian film director, who cast her in a minor role in his grand production of Anna Karenina.

When Vera Kholodnaya was introduced to Bauer, he at once approved her for the role, being impressed by her beauty.

At first it was hard for Vera Kholodnaya to convey complex psychological nuances and so she imitated the acting of Asta Nielsen but gradually developed her own style.

In 1916 Khanzhonkov's company started making the film Pierrot with Vertinsky and Vera Kholodnaya playing the leads.

In breaks between shooting sessions, Vera Kholodnaya travelled to the front to visit her husband.

Accordingly, Vera Kholodnaya was cast in a screen version of Tolstoy's The Living Corpse.

Vera Kholodnaya's acting abilities in this film were applauded by Konstantin Stanislavski, who welcomed Vera to join the troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre.

Vera Kholodnaya's life was dramatised in Nikita Mikhalkov's film A Slave of Love.

Only eight of Vera Kholodnaya's films have survived, in part or in whole:.