Alla Nazimova

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.

  • Title: Alla Nazimova
  • Popularity: 2.362
  • Fantatra ho an'ny: Acting
  • Birthday: 1879-06-03
  • Toerana nahaterahana: Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine]
  • pejy fandraisana:
  • Fantatra koa amin'ny maha: Alla Nazimoff, Nazimova, Marem-Ides (Adelaida Yakovlevna) Leventon, Марем-Идес Левентон, Marem-Ides Leventon
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Alla Nazimova Movies

  • 1944
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    Since You Went Away

    Since You Went Away

    6.5 1944 HD

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  • 1941
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    Blood and Sand

    Blood and Sand

    6.4 1941 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Heart of a Child

    The Heart of a Child

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1922
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    Salomé

    Salomé

    6.017 1922 HD

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  • 1940
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    Escape

    Escape

    7.4 1940 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Brat

    The Brat

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1918
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    A Woman of France

    A Woman of France

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Redeeming Sin

    The Redeeming Sin

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1918
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    Toys of Fate

    Toys of Fate

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1921
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    Camille

    Camille

    5.7 1921 HD

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

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Red Lantern

    The Red Lantern

    6 1919 HD

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  • 1916
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    War Brides

    War Brides

    6 1916 HD

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  • 1919
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    Out of the Fog

    Out of the Fog

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1922
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1918
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    Eye for Eye

    Eye for Eye

    1 1918 HD

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

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    6.7 1940 HD

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  • 1920
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    Billions

    Billions

    5 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    Madame Peacock

    Madame Peacock

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1918
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    Revelation

    Revelation

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1920
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    Stronger Than Death

    Stronger Than Death

    1 1920 HD

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  • 2019
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    Darrere l'ombra de Natacha Rambova

    Darrere l'ombra de Natacha Rambova

    5 2019 HD

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  • 1925
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    My Son

    My Son

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1924
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    Madonna of the Streets

    Madonna of the Streets

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1944
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    In Our Time

    In Our Time

    6.4 1944 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Brat

    The Brat

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1922
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    Salomé

    Salomé

    6.017 1922 HD

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  • 1920
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    Madame Peacock

    Madame Peacock

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1922
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1918
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    Eye for Eye

    Eye for Eye

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1922
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    Salomé

    Salomé

    6.017 1922 HD

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  • 1920
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    Madame Peacock

    Madame Peacock

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    Madame Peacock

    Madame Peacock

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1920
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    Billions

    Billions

    5 1920 HD

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