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person_profile-Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova Died at age: 66

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Alla Nazimova

Date of Birth:

Jun 03, 1879

Country of birth:

Ukraine]

Died:

Jul 13, 1945

Biography of

Alla Nazimova

    From Wikipedia

    Alla Nazimova (Russian and Ukrainian: Алла Назимова; 3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1879 – 13 July 1945) was an American film and theatre actress, a screenwriter, and film producer. She is perhaps best known as simply Nazimova, but also went under the name Alia Nasimoff. She emigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire. In 1927, Nazimova became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

    She was signed up by the American producer Henry Miller and made her Broadway debut in New York City, in 1906 to critical and popular success. She quickly became extremely popular (a theatre was named after her) and remained a major Broadway star for years, often acting in the plays of Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov. Dorothy Parker described her as the finest Hedda Gabler she had ever seen.

    Due to her notoriety in a 35-minute 1915 play entitled War Brides, Nazimova made her silent film debut in 1916 in the filmed version of the play, which was produced by Lewis J. Selznick. A young actor with a bit part in the movie was Richard Barthelmess whose mother taught Nazimova English. In 1917, she negotiated a contract with Metro Pictures, a precursor to MGM, that included a weekly salary of $13,000. She moved from New York to Hollywood, where she made a number of highly successful films for Metro that earned her considerable money. She was influential in the film industry in the silent era and continued to play character roles until the end of her life.

    Between the years of 1917 and 1922 Nazimova wielded considerable influence and power in Hollywood. By all accounts she was extremely generous to young actresses in whom she saw talent and became involved with at least some of them romantically.

    By 1925 Nazimova could no longer afford to invest in more films; and financial backers withdrew their support. Left with few options, she gave up on the film industry, returning to perform on Broadway, notably starring as Natalya Petrovna in Rouben Mamoulian's 1930 New York production of Turgenev's A Month in the Country and an acclaimed performance as Mrs. Alving in Ibsen's Ghosts. In the early 1940s, she appeared in a few more films, playing Robert Taylor's mother in Escape (1940) and Tyrone Power's mother in Blood and Sand (1941). This late return to motion pictures fortunately preserves Nazimova and her art on sound film.

    She died of a coronary thrombosis, age 66, in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. Her ashes were interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Her contributions to the film industry have been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Alla Nazimova

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Filmography of

Alla Nazimova

Found 24 Movies in total

Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow

Various Roles (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1961

Since You Went Away

Zofia Koslowska ( Actor )

... 1944

In Our Time

Zofia Orwid (as Nazimova) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Doña Maria - The Marquesa ( Actor )

... 1944

Blood and Sand

Senora Augustias ( Actor )

... 1941

Escape

Emmy Ritter ( Actor )

... 1940

My Son

Ana Silva ( Actor )

... 1925

The Redeeming Sin

Joan ( Actor )

... 1925

Madonna of the Streets

Mary Carlson / Mary Ainsleigh ( Actor )

... 1924

Salomé

Salomé ( Actor )

Director

... 1923

A Doll's House

Nora Helmer ( Actor )

Writer

... 1922

Camille

Marguerite Gautier ( Actor )

... 1921

Billions

Princess Triloff ( Actor )

Editor

... 1920

Madame Peacock

Jane Goring / Gloria Cromwell ( Actor )

Adaptation

... 1920

The Heart of a Child

Sally Snape (as Nazimova) ( Actor )

... 1920

Stronger Than Death

Sigrid Fersen ( Actor )

... 1920

The Brat

The Brat ( Actor )

Writer

... 1919

The Red Lantern

Mahlee & Blanche Sackville ( Actor )

... 1919

Out of the Fog

Faith / Eve ( Actor )

... 1919

Eye for Eye

Hassouna ( Actor )

Director

... 1918

Toys of Fate

Zorah / Hagah ( Actor )

... 1918

Revelation

Joline ( Actor )

... 1918

War Brides

Joan ( Actor )

... 1916