Vera Tschechowa
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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1940-07-22
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
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Cast
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
1957
6.10
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2022
4.10
Cold Blood
1975
4.90
Euridice BA 2037
1975
6.60
The Bread of Those Early Years
1962
5.30
The Doctor of Stalingrad
1958
7.00
The Young Sinner
1960
4.00
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
1964
5.85
The Axe of Wandsbek
1982
0.00
Desperado City
1982
2.00
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
1959
6.00
Meine 99 Bräute
1958
0.00
Panic Time
1980
5.50
Der Schimmelreiter
1978
0.00
And That on Monday Morning
1959
0.00
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
1984
0.00
… von Herzen mit Schmerzen
1978
0.00
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk
1964
0.00
Tarot
1986
5.50
Call Girls of Frankfurt
1966
4.75
Wassa Schelesnowa
1963
0.00
Unter Achtzehn
1957
0.00
Suspicion of Guilt
1996
0.00
Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle
1986
0.00
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
1958
0.00
Jahreszeiten der Liebe
1979
0.00
Anatomie eines Unfalls
1965
0.00
Angel in a Taxi
1958
8.50
Erika's Passions
1976
0.50
Die chinesische Mauer
1965
0.00
Neptun und Isolde
1992
0.00
Froher Herbst des Lebens
1961
0.00
Krebsstation
1970
0.00
Der eine Tag im Jahr
1967
0.00
Love at First Sight
1991
2.00
Verhör am Nachmittag
1965
8.00
Zeit der Empfindsamkeit
1977
0.00
Blaubart
1984
1.00
Der Schleier fiel…
1960
0.00
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
1970
2.00
The First Circle
1973
6.00
Olifant
1973
0.00
Leocadia
1964
0.00
Frei zum Abschuß
1989
0.00
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker
1963
0.00
Tausend Augen
1984
5.00
Earthbound
1989
0.00
Thomas More
1964
0.00
Der Rebell, der keiner war
1965
0.00
Directing Hell
2011
5.50
Love and So Forth
1968
0.00
Haus Vaterland
1983
0.00
Reserl am Hofe
1984
0.00
Love at Twenty
1962
6.70