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Alla Nazimova‌

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Alla Nazimova

Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]

Alla Nazimova

Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1879-06-03

Popularity

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Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away‌
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Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand‌
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calendar 1941

The Heart of a Child

The Heart of a Child‌
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calendar 1920

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino‌
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calendar 1961

Salomé

Salomé‌
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calendar 1922

Escape

Escape‌
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calendar 1940

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey‌
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The Brat

The Brat‌
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The Redeeming Sin

The Redeeming Sin‌
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calendar 1925

Toys of Fate

Toys of Fate‌
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A Woman of France

A Woman of France‌
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Camille

Camille‌
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calendar 1921

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)‌
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calendar 1942

The Red Lantern

The Red Lantern‌
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calendar 1919

War Brides

War Brides‌
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calendar 1916

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog‌
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A Doll's House

A Doll's House‌
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calendar 1922

Eye for Eye

Eye for Eye‌
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound‌
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calendar 1940

Billions

Billions‌
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calendar 1920

Madame Peacock

Madame Peacock‌
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Revelation

Revelation‌
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Stronger Than Death

Stronger Than Death‌
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calendar 1920

Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow

Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow‌
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My Son

My Son‌
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Madonna of the Streets

Madonna of the Streets‌
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calendar 1924

In Our Time

In Our Time‌
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calendar 1944

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