Actor
Alla Nazimova
June 3, 1879 · Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
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.
Often works with
Charles Bryant
5 titles together
Billions, The Heart of a Child, Stronger Than Death
William Orlamond
3 titles together
Camille, Madame Peacock, Stronger Than Death
John Steppling
3 titles together
Billions, Madame Peacock, The Heart of a Child
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Henry Harmon
3 titles together
Stronger Than Death, Out of the Fog, A Woman of France
Lynn Bari
2 titles together
Blood and Sand, The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Albert Bassermann
2 titles together
Since You Went Away, Escape
Full filmography · 24
Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2019
Since You Went Away
as Zofia Koslowska
19446.6
In Our Time
as Zofia Orwid (as Nazimova)
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Doña Maria - The Marquesa
1944
Blood and Sand
as Senora Augustias
19416.5
Escape
as Emmy Ritter
1940
My Son
as Ana Silva
1925
The Redeeming Sin
as Joan
1925
Madonna of the Streets
as Mary Carlson / Mary Ainsleigh
1924
Salomé
as Salomé
19236.3
A Doll's House
as Nora Helmer and Writer
1922
Camille
as Marguerite Gautier
19215.7