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.
Known for
Credits
The Young Sinner (1960)
as Carola
Tschechow in meinem Leben (1985)
as Self
Olifant (1973)
as Charis
Love and So Forth (1968)
as Nina
The Bread of Those Early Years (1962)
as Ulla Wickwebe
Zeit der Empfindsamkeit (1977)
as Sylvia
Freddy unter fremden Sternen (1959)
as Manuela O’Brien
The First Circle (1973)
as Clara
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern (1957)
as Anne Scherzer
Love at Twenty (1962)
Actor
Cold Blood (1975)
as Corinna
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen (1979)
Actor
Anatomie eines Unfalls (1965)
as Lilo Förster
The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
as Feder-Lissy
Reserl am Hofe (1984)
as Baroness
Meine 99 Bräute (1958)
as Else Heer
Tausend Augen (1984)
as Victoria
The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958)
as Tamara
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben (2008)
as Self
Euridice BA 2037 (1975)
as Evridiki
Erika's Passions (1976)
as Franziska
Der Schimmelreiter (1978)
as Vollina Harders
Desperado City (1982)
as Hilke
And That on Monday Morning (1959)
as Monika
Love at First Sight (1991)
as Elsas Mutter
Melodie und Rhythmus (1959)
as (uncredited)
Panic Time (1980)
as Frau Dr. Wunder
Suspicion of Guilt (1996)
as Mrs. Clausthal
Jahreszeiten der Liebe (1979)
Actor
Angel in a Taxi (1958)
as The dancer Camilla
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin? (1970)
as Kristina
The Girl with the Cat Eyes (1958)
as Katja
Verhör am Nachmittag (1965)
as Barbara Winkler
Call Girls of Frankfurt (1966)
as Vera Paterny
Tarot (1986)
as Charlotte
Krebsstation (1970)
as Dr. Wera
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
as Self
The Axe of Wandsbek (1982)
as Fräulein Blüthe
Earthbound (1989)
as Hanna Frey
Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek (1975)
as Lucy Lockit
Thomas More (1964)
as Margaret More
Blaubart (1984)
as Gisela
Leocadia (1964)
as Amanda
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker (1963)
as Blanche Fleury
Unter Achtzehn (1957)
as Elfie Breitner
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964)
as Sinitschka
Wassa Schelesnowa (1963)
as Lisa
Der Schleier fiel… (1960)
as Lisa Roth
Die chinesische Mauer (1965)
as Julia
Haus Vaterland (1983)
Actor
… von Herzen mit Schmerzen (1978)
Actor
Directing Hell (2011)
Actor
Frei zum Abschuß (1989)
Actor
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen (1984)
as Katia, Tänzerin in Paris
Der Rebell, der keiner war (1965)
as Minnie Powell
Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle (1986)
as Anita Cliff
Froher Herbst des Lebens (1961)
as Ginevra Dunbar
Neptun und Isolde (1992)
Actor
Der eine Tag im Jahr (1967)
as Jane