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