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Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (Russian: Ольга Леонардовна Книппер-Чехова; 21 September [O.S. 9 September] 1868 – 22 March 1959) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress.
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.
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 adventurous...
Overview. Olga Knipper-Chekhova. (1868—1959) Quick Reference. (b. Glazov, Russia, 21 Sept. 1868; d. Moscow, 22 March 1959) Actress. A founder member of the Moscow Art Theatre (MAT), her beautiful performance as the Tsarina in the company's ... From: Knipper [-Chekhova], Olga in The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre »
A member of the first company of the Moscow Art Theater (founded in 1898), Olga Knipper-Chekova became famous for her portrayals of the heroines of dramatist Anton Chekhov, whom she married in 1901.
Olga Knipper-Chekhova was a Russian actress who starred in many plays by Anton Chekhov, her husband and a famous writer. She survived three Russian Revolutions and two World Wars, and was honored as a People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
