Olga Tschechowa
Acting
Biography
Olga Konstantinovna Tschechowa (Russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; born Knipper; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980) was a Russian-German actress. She was born in Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire or now known as Gyumri, Armenia. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).
Born: April 12, 1897
Place of Birth: Aleksandropol, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Gyumri, Armenia]
Known For
Nachtkolonne
The film begins in a Berlin club with Trude Berliner singing as gangsters plan a burglary at a Hamburg hotel. At the hotel, Orbeliani leads the band while his wife Olga sings their son Jascha to sleep. During the heist, Jascha wakes, screams, and is knocked down. The gangsters flee to Berlin with stolen jewels and the unconscious Jascha. Homolka, one of the gangsters, refuses to abandon the boy, nurses him back to health, and pretends to be his uncle, claiming his parents are on an American tour. Homolka develops motherly feelings, facing ridicule from his friends and Trude Berliner.
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Burg Theatre
In this convoluted melodrama, an elderly thespian falls for a rising young starlet. He admits his love for her and then announces that he will retire. The young woman pretends she loves him too, but her real motive is to give her struggling lover, also an aspiring actor, a break.
Rosen-Resli
The nine-year-old orphan Therese has recently moved in with a family of gardeners. She continues to take loving care of her former foster mother, from whom she had to leave when she fell ill with a heart condition. With the help of old Jacob, the girl manages to grow a particularly beautiful rose. After some complications, this proves to be a stroke of luck, and not just for her.
Regine
Frank returns to his homeland as an engineer, falls in love with Regine, the housemaid of his uncle, and marries her. Thanks to the intrigues of Floris, one of Frank's rejects, Regine is suspected of having an affair with another man. Depressed and desperate, she intends to commit suicide, but is saved by Frank in the last minute.
L'Argent
Ruined by his competitor, the banker Saccard decides to set up a new business.
The Yellow Flag
An adventurer, Peter Diercksen, travels to South America to guide an expedition into the jungle. However, when the ship is quarantined he believes he has a serious disease. He does not accompany the trip, which runs into major problems.
The Road to Paradise
Willy, Jean and Guy are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then they all fall in love for the same girl. Simultaneously filmed French version of the German musical "Die Drei von der Tankstelle".
Liebelei
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...
Behind Monastery Walls
Thomas Holinka has returned home from war and captivity. In the absence of a suitable home, he finds himself in what seems to be an abandoned monastery. When the nuns return, a conflict is inevitable because Holinka is addicted to alcohol and gambling .
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Großmutter Arkens
as Großmutter Arkens
as Mutter Johannsen
as Fürstin
as Amelie von Eyff
as Frau von Eichhoff
as Frau von Weidersheim
as Frau von Pleskow
as Prioress
as Percys Schwester
as Tina Camphausen
as Vera von Wesener
as Frau des Bankpräsidenten
as Margot
as Vera Poppe
as Self (archive footage)
as Nora
as Juliane von Buckwitz
as Marianne von der Halden
as Marie-Louise v.Ditmar, Baronin von Stein
as Gräfin Vera Orlewska
as Vera seine Frau
as Gerda
as Gloria Grandison
as Feodora, Schauspielerin
as Evelyne Schratt
as Madeleine
as Gast
as Mirandolina
as Helen Roeder - amerikanische Journalistin
as Gräfin Pola Valewska
as Antonia Delvarez
as Nora Noir
as Brigitte Sparrenberg
as Baroness Seebach
as Frau von Stahl
as Elisabeth Kaiserin von Russland
as Olivia Vanderhagen
as Tanja
as Floris Bell
as Baronin Agga
as Gräfin Lubenska
as Anita Keller
as Betty Bandelow
as Gisela Ostercamp
as Frau Mervin
as Baronin v. Eggersdorff
as Baronin von Eggersdorf
as Gräfin Mariann
as Miß Harris
as Inka Maria
as Maria Heink
as Maria Iwanowa
as Florence Dingley
as Mary Baring
as Edith de Tourkoff
as Mabel
as Olga von Dagomirska
as Edith von Turoff
as Herself
as Lilian
as Helene Willfüer
as Lisbeth Kröger, deren Tochter aus erster Ehe
as Vivian Denys
as Parysia
as Anais
as Anaïs de Beauperthuis
as Baronin von Windegg
as Nadja
as Diva Romola
as Barberina
as Malwa
as Gräfin Sullivan
as Sabine
as Estella
as Olga Petrowna
as Baronin Safferstätt
as Lyutsina Rothenshtein