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