U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien
1958
Search results
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
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...
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...
People also ask
How did Olga Chekhova become famous?
What is the mystery of Olga Chekhova about?
Why was Chekhova so popular in Germany?
What did Olga Leonardovna say about Anton Pavlovich Chekhov?
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, a stunning Russian beauty, was the niece of playwright Anton Chekhov and a famous Nazi-era film actress who was closely associated with Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev to become a Soviet spy—a career she spent her entire postwar life denying.
