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Alla Nazimova born Marem-Ides Leventon, Russian: Марем-Идес Левентон; June 3 [O.S. May 22], 1879 – July 13, 1945) was a Russian-American actress, director, producer and screenwriter.
Alla Nazimova. Actress: Salomé. The grand, highly flamboyant Russian star Alla Nazimova of Hollywood silent films lived an equally grand, flamboyant life off-camera, though her legendary status has not held up as firmly as that of a Rudolph Valentino today.
Crimea-born actress Alla Nazimova was once the highest-paid film actress in the world. After a series of scandals and box-office flops, her name is mostly lost to history.
Jul 9, 2024 · Alla Nazimova (born June 4, 1879, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died July 13, 1945, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.) was a Russian-born and Russian-trained actress who won fame on the American stage and screen.
Jun 16, 2022 · That busy Manhattan corner once housed Nazimova’s 39th Street Theater, named for pioneering Jewish producer, screenwriter, director, actor and onetime international sensation, Alla...
Kenneth Anger’s claim that Nazimova hired only “homosexual” cast members cannot be verified, but retains significant power (Anger 1975, 113). As film historian Patricia White puts it, Salome stands today as a unique effort to produce a “female movie modernism” (White 2002, 61).
Dec 28, 2023 · In 1918, Alla Nazimova, the famed Broadway actress, was lured to Hollywood by Metro Pictures, one of the studios that later became MGM. A few years earlier, Nazimova had had such a successful run on Broadway for the Shubert Organization -- sales of tickets to her sold-out performances had generated $4 million ($400 million today)
