
Vera Tschechowa
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Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaughter of Russian-born actors Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov; her great-great-uncle was the famous playwright Anton Chekhov. She became known as “The Girl with the Cat Eyes” after starring in Eugen York's film of the same name. Tschechowa began her career in film and theater in the late 1950s, making her screen debut in 1957. She appeared in over 90 film and television productions, earning critical recognition for roles such as Ulla Wickweber in Das Brot der frühen Jahre. In addition to acting, she co-founded Atossa Filmproduktion in 1980 and later focused on directing documentaries and television portraits of notable figures from politics and the arts. Her autobiography Überwiegend heiter: Mein ziemlich bewegtes Leben was published in 2022.
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The Bread of Those Early Years (1962)
as Ulla Wickwebe

Love at Twenty (1962)
Actor

Witwer mit 5 Töchtern (1957)
as Anne Scherzer
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen (1979)
Actor

The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958)
as Tamara

Cold Blood (1975)
as Corinna

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
as Self

Call Girls of Frankfurt (1966)
as Vera Paterny

Freddy unter fremden Sternen (1959)
as Manuela O’Brien

Tschechow in meinem Leben (1985)
as Self

The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
as Feder-Lissy

Love and So Forth (1968)
as Nina

The Girl with the Cat Eyes (1958)
as Katja

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben (2008)
as Self

Angel in a Taxi (1958)
as The dancer Camilla

Do You Believe in Swedish Sin? (1970)
as Kristina

And That on Monday Morning (1959)
as Monika
The Axe of Wandsbek (1982)
as Fräulein Blüthe
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker (1963)
as Blanche Fleury
Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek (1975)
as Lucy Lockit
Olifant (1973)
as Charis

The Young Sinner (1960)
as Carola

Love at First Sight (1991)
as Elsas Mutter
… von Herzen mit Schmerzen (1978)
Actor

The First Circle (1973)
as Clara
Anatomie eines Unfalls (1965)
as Lilo Förster
Der Rebell, der keiner war (1965)
as Minnie Powell
Froher Herbst des Lebens (1961)
as Ginevra Dunbar

Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle (1986)
as Anita Cliff

Tausend Augen (1984)
as Victoria
Der eine Tag im Jahr (1967)
as Jane

Der Schimmelreiter (1978)
as Vollina Harders

Directing Hell (2011)
Actor
Blaubart (1984)
as Gisela

Meine 99 Bräute (1958)
as Else Heer

Die chinesische Mauer (1965)
as Julia
Reserl am Hofe (1984)
as Baroness
Zeit der Empfindsamkeit (1977)
as Sylvia

Unter Achtzehn (1957)
as Elfie Breitner

Tarot (1986)
as Charlotte

Panic Time (1980)
as Frau Dr. Wunder

Treffpunkt im Unendlichen (1984)
as Katia, Tänzerin in Paris

Verhör am Nachmittag (1965)
as Barbara Winkler
Haus Vaterland (1983)
Actor

Desperado City (1982)
as Hilke

Melodie und Rhythmus (1959)
as (uncredited)
Jahreszeiten der Liebe (1979)
Actor
Thomas More (1964)
as Margaret More

Euridice BA 2037 (1975)
as Evridiki
Krebsstation (1970)
as Dr. Wera

Earthbound (1989)
as Hanna Frey
Suspicion of Guilt (1996)
as Mrs. Clausthal
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964)
as Sinitschka

Der Schleier fiel… (1960)
as Lisa Roth

Erika's Passions (1977)
as Franziska
Neptun und Isolde (1992)
Actor
Wassa Schelesnowa (1963)
as Lisa
Frei zum Abschuß (1989)
Actor
Leocadia (1964)
as Amanda




