The Fox of Glenarvon
1940
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Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (née Knipper; Russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).
Olga Knipper-Chekhova (born 1869, Glazov, Russia—died March 22, 1959, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a world-renowned Russian actress and the wife of playwright Anton Chekhov.
In 1920, young Olga Chekhova, the beautiful niece of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, fled Moscow for Berlin—taking only a smuggled diamond ring. Olga quickly won both celebrity as an actress and prominence in the ranks of Germany’s Nazi party, eventually becoming Hitler’s favorite actress.
Aug 24, 2013 · Olga Chekhova — a student of Stanislavsky, wife of the great Mikhail Chekhov, state actress of the Third Reich, clandestine agent for the Kremlin — was a legendary woman who lived an...
Sep 12, 2004 · One of these was Olga Che-khova, a Russian émigrée living in Berlin who was the niece of Anton Chekhov, and whose acting the Führer greatly admired. But her biggest fans were the Soviet...
Olga Chekhova (also Olga Tschechova in German), one of the most popular stars of the silent film era, remained a mysterious person throughout her life and was accused of being a Russian agent in Nazi Germany.
Jan 1, 2004 · Olga Chekhova, the niece of the great Playwright, Anton Chekhov. Her life itself, reads like a WWII Hollywood movie. Running away from her home in Russia, in her teens, to escape starvation, she plays up the Chekhov name and association to land a small part in a Silent Film.
Sep 9, 2004 · A noted historian sheds new light on the life and career of Olda Chekhova, the beautiful niece of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, who fled Russia for Berlin in 1920, achieved fame as an actress and a prominent position in Germany's Nazi party, and may have been a sleeper agent for the Soviet NKVD. 40,000 first printing.
- Antony Beevor
Nov 27, 2004 · The extraordinary story of Olga Chekhova lay hidden in the KGB archives until Antony Beevor stumbled across it while researching Berlin: The Downfall 1945.
The Mystery of Olga Chekhova. Biography by Antony Beevor of actress and film star Olga Chekhova , who was honoured by the Nazis but - with her brother - worked in secret for Soviet intelligence.
