Vera Tschechowa
Acting
Born 1940-07-22
Died 2024-04-03
Berlin, Germany
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
55 credits
Scene of the Crime
NDR Talk Show
A Case For Two
Riverboat
3 nach 9
German Film Award
Wolffs Revier
Dalli Dalli
Der Fahnder
Die Pyramide
Peter Strohm
Mit Leib und Seele
Jörg Preda berichtet
Cliff Dexter
Insel der Träume
The Bread of Those Early Years
Losberg
Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin
The Young Sinner
The Illegal
Geschäft mit der Sonne
Geschichten aus der Zukunft
Tschechow in meinem Leben
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
Interpol
Love and So Forth
Duell zu Dritt
The First Circle
Meine 99 Bräute
Call Girls of Frankfurt
Angel in a Taxi
Reserl am Hofe
Olifant
Frau über vierzig
Cold Blood
Tausend Augen
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
Der Schimmelreiter
Zeit der Empfindsamkeit
Blaubart
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Desperado City
Euridice BA 2037
Melodie und Rhythmus
Anatomie eines Unfalls
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Tarot
And That on Monday Morning
Panic Time
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker
The Axe of Wandsbek
Other credits
4 credits
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
Love at Twenty
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
… von Herzen mit Schmerzen
Producing
3 credits
Directing
1 credit
Writing
1 credit
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