Olga Baclanova
Olga Baclanova ; actually: Olga Wladimirowna Baklanowa , Russian О́льга Влади́мировна Бакла́нова ; (Born November 7 . Jul / 19th August 1896 greg. In Moscow , † 6. September 1974 in Vevey , Switzerland ) was a Russian actress of the late silent film - and early sound era.
Life
After Olga graduated from the Chernyavsky Institute in 1912, she entered the Chekhov Art Theater in Moscow , where she studied under Konstantin Stanislavsky . She began her acting career in Moscow and emigrated to the USA in 1923 while on tour. After a small supporting role in The Dove with Norma Talmadge , she got a contract with Paramount in 1928 , which they tried to launch under the name Baclanova with massive publicity as the "new Garbo". Olga Baclanova had her breakthrough role in Josef von Sternberg's masterpiece Docks of New York and alongside Emil Jannings in Street of Sin , directed by Mauritz Stiller .
The high point of her short-lived career was in 1929, when the elaborate film A Dangerous Woman presented Baclanova as an amoral seductress in Indochina who ultimately died from a snake bite. Something similar happened to the film, which, in view of the unbelievable story and the background of the triumph of the talkie, did not find a wide audience. Her heavy accent initially prevented Olga Baclanova from finding work in sound films. Not until some time later did she return to the screen in a few supporting roles for MGM , including Downstairs , for which John Gilbert co-wrote the script, and made her most famous film today with Freaks , an adventurous horror story directed by Tod Browning .
In later years, Olga Baclanova worked increasingly in the theater and on the radio.
In an interview with John Kobal , which was reprinted in People Will Talk , she commented negatively on working with von Sternberg, whose leadership style she found to be autocratic.
Filmography (selection)
- 1927: The Dove
- 1928: Avalanche
- 1928: The Docks of New York (The Docks of New York)
- 1928: The Second Life (Three Sinners)
- 1928: The Man Who Laughs (The Man Who Laughs)
- 1928: The King of Soho (Street of Sin)
- 1928: The Oath of Harry Adams (Forgotten Faces)
- 1929: Millions for a Woman (The Wolf of Wall Street)
- 1929: A Dangerous Woman
- 1929: The Man I Love
- 1930: Are You There?
- 1930: Cheer Up and Smile
- 1931: The Great Lover
- 1932: freaks
- 1932: The beautiful Karl (Downstairs)
- 1933: Billion Dollar Scandal
- 1935: Telephone Blues
- 1943: Claudia
Web links
- Olga Baclanova in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pictures by Olga Baclanova In: Virtual History
- OlgaBaclanova.com
- Collection of pictures and film posters , some in Russian
- Criticism from freaks with production designs
- Olga Baclanova in the New York Times
- Olga Baclanova in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olga Baclanova Biography
- ^ L. Paul Meienberg: Olga Baclanova biography . Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ↑ Olga Baclanova Is Dead at 81. Starred in Films and on Stage . In: New York Times , February 6, 1985. Retrieved December 10, 2014. “Olga Baclanova, the Russian born stage and motion-picture actress, died Wenseday at Vevey, Switzerland, She was 81 years old. Miss Baclanova, a graduate of the Moscow Art Theater, came to this country in 1925 ... "
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baclanova, Olga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baklanova, Olga Vladimirovna; Бакла́нова, О́льга Влади́мировна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian actress of the late silent and early talkies era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1974 |
| Place of death | Vevey , Switzerland |