Name
Vera Tschechowa
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-07-22
Deathday
2024-04-03 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Biography
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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Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their differ...
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Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped...
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Corinna witnesses how three guys chase and shoot a man in front of her lonesome house. As ...
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Father Scherzer generally buries himself in the books of the castle library, which he is r...
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A modern retelling of the Orpheus myth where Euridice, code number BA 2037, is trapped in ...
- 1957 Witwer mit 5 Töchtern as Anne Scherzer
- 2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance as Self
- 1975 Cold Blood as Corinna
- 1975 Euridice BA 2037 as Evridiki
- 1962 The Bread of Those Early Years as Ulla Wickwebe
- 1958 The Doctor of Stalingrad as Tamara
- 1960 The Young Sinner as Carola
- 1964 The Curse of the Hidden Vault as Feder-Lissy
- 1982 The Axe of Wandsbek as Fräulein Blüthe
- 1982 Desperado City as Hilke
- 1959 Freddy unter fremden Sternen as Manuela O’Brien
- 1958 Meine 99 Bräute as Else Heer
- 1980 Panic Time as Frau Dr. Wunder
- 1978 Der Schimmelreiter as Vollina Harders
- 1959 And That on Monday Morning as Monika
- 1984 Treffpunkt im Unendlichen as Katia, Tänzerin in Paris
- 1978 … von Herzen mit Schmerzen
- 1964 Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk as Sinitschka
- 1986 Tarot as Charlotte
- 1966 Call Girls of Frankfurt as Vera Paterny
- 1963 Wassa Schelesnowa as Lisa
- 1957 Unter Achtzehn as Elfie Breitner
- 1996 Suspicion of Guilt as Mrs. Clausthal
- 1986 Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle as Anita Cliff
- 1958 The Girl with the Cat Eyes as Katja
- 1975 Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek as Lucy Lockit
- 1979 Jahreszeiten der Liebe
- 1965 Anatomie eines Unfalls as Lilo Förster
- 1958 Angel in a Taxi as The dancer Camilla
- 1976 Erika's Passions as Franziska
- 1965 Die chinesische Mauer as Julia
- 1992 Neptun und Isolde
- 1961 Froher Herbst des Lebens as Ginevra Dunbar
- 1970 Krebsstation as Dr. Wera
- 1967 Der eine Tag im Jahr as Jane
- 1991 Love at First Sight as Elsas Mutter
- 1965 Verhör am Nachmittag as Barbara Winkler
- 1977 Zeit der Empfindsamkeit as Sylvia
- 1979 Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
- 1984 Blaubart as Gisela
- 1960 Der Schleier fiel… as Lisa Roth
- 1970 Do You Believe in Swedish Sin? as Kristina
- 2008 Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben as Self
- 1973 The First Circle as Clara
- 1973 Olifant as Charis
- 1964 Leocadia as Amanda
- 1989 Frei zum Abschuß
- 1963 Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker as Blanche Fleury
- 1984 Tausend Augen as Victoria
- 1989 Earthbound as Hanna Frey
- 1964 Thomas More as Margaret More
- 1965 Der Rebell, der keiner war as Minnie Powell
- 2011 Directing Hell
- 1968 Love and So Forth as Nina
- 1983 Haus Vaterland
- 1984 Reserl am Hofe as Baroness
- 1962 Love at Twenty
- 1959 Melodie und Rhythmus as (uncredited)
- 1985 Tschechow in meinem Leben as Self
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Wiktorija
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Julia Winter
- 1992 Wolffs Revier ( 1 episode ) as Christin Wendrich
- 1984 Der Fahnder ( 1 episode ) as Lena
- 1966 Cliff Dexter ( 1 episode ) as Violet
- 1978 Geschichten aus der Zukunft ( 1 episode ) as Moira
- 1963 Interpol ( 1 episode ) as Jeanette
- 1974 Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin ( 1 episode ) as Sécurité-Agentin
- 1972 Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau ( 1 episode ) as Alberts Geliebte
- 1991 Insel der Träume ( 1 episode ) as Lisa Rostow
- 1971 Dalli Dalli ( 1 episode ) as Self - Candidate
- 1989 Peter Strohm ( 1 episode ) as Alexandra Aust
- 1977 Geschäft mit der Sonne ( 13 episodes ) as Birgit Schulz
- 1989 Mit Leib und Seele ( 1 episode ) as Frau Rahner
- 1966 Jörg Preda berichtet ( 1 episode ) as Jennifer Vernon
- 1971 Dalli Dalli ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 Duell zu Dritt ( 13 episodes ) as Liz Bentley
- 1981 Frau über vierzig ( 12 episodes ) as Hanna Lachner
- 1986 Losberg ( 51 episodes ) as Ruth von Trenz
- 1979 Die Pyramide ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1964 Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten ( 1 episode )
- 1951 German Film Award ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Riverboat ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1974 3 nach 9 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 The Illegal ( 3 episodes ) as Katharina Feldmann
