Stella Arbenina

Stella Arbenina (1923)

Stella Arbenina (born Stella Zoe Whishaw , married Stella Zoe Meyendorff ; born September 27, 1885 in Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , † April 26, 1976 in London , England ) was an Anglo- Russian actress .

Life

Stella Arbenina was born in St. Petersburg into an Anglo-Russian family who had lived in Russia for several generations. She was related to Montague Law Whishaw (born 1890) and James Whishaw, a British businessman in Saint Petersburg, who published his memoir in London in 1935 under the title A history of the Whishaw family .

In 1907 she married Baron Paul Meyendorff, captain of the Horse Guards and aide-de-camp with Nicholas II and later a colonel in his military secretariat. Arbenina and Meyendorff had three children.

During the Russian Revolution, the family suffered greatly from the Bolsheviks. Their possessions were confiscated and they were interned. Through the efforts of the Baltic German Committee, they were released from prison and eventually allowed to leave Russia in late 1918. Thereupon they settled briefly in Estonia , where they lived on a remnant of their family property. From 1921 to 1922 Arbenina played in theaters in Tallinn and Tartu and also in Berlin . In 1923 she went to London with the children , where she lives permanently. There she appeared on stage and in film.

In 1930 she published her memoir, Through Terror to Freedom , which describes her experiences during the Russian Revolution. She died in London at the age of 90.

Filmography

1922: The burning field
1922: The escape into marriage. The great flirt
1922: Miss Rockefeller films
1923: The Duchess's Secret
1923: The Woman King
1923: The money devil
1923: Vineta. The sunken city
1925: The Last Witness
1925: The Secret Kingdom
1927: A Woman Redeemed
1931: bracelets
1931: Stamboul
1934: Colonel Blood
1934: What Happened Then?
1935: Crime Unlimited
1937: Fine Feathers
1937: Merry Comes to Town
1938: Murder in the Family
1939: Magyar Melody
1939: The Outsider
1939: Dreaming eyes

Web links

Stella Arbenina in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Stella Arbenina at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

^ James Whishaw: A history of the Whishaw family. Methuen & Co., London 1935, “ When I went to live permanently in St. Petersburg, the firm of Hills & Whishaw was much the oldest firm in that City - my father had his first training in the firm of which his father was senior partner. But when he was 21 or 22 years old, he determined to build up a business of his own and went to Archangel. There he succeeded very well and had become fairly well off when the approaching shadow of the Crimean War and the death of his little daughter Emily from whooping- cough determined him to take his family to England. In January 1854. "
^ Howard Cox: The global cigarette. Origins and evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2000, ISBN 0-19-829221-X , “These early developments by BAT Co. in South America were supervised by Montague Law Whishaw, a British subject who had been born in St Petersburg and recruited by BAT Co . in Russia during 1912 at the age of 22. "
↑ Thomas C. Owen: The Corporation under Russian Law, 1800-1917. A Study in Tsarist Economic Policy. 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2002, ISBN 0-521-52944-1 , “A vivid example of his use of intimidation appears in the memoirs of a prominent British merchant in Petersburg, James Whishaw, who managed the Russian affairs of numerous London businessmen . Whishaw earned a sizable income sizable income leasing land for petroleum drilling operations carried out in Baku by English companies. Since he had taken Russian citizenship, the onerous restrictions on foreigners, especially the need to obtain permission from the Ministry. "
^ ^A ^b Stella Zoe Whishaw Meyendorff: Through terror to freedom. The dramatic story of an English woman's life and adventures in Russia before, during & after the revolution. Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London 1929.

personal data
SURNAME	Arbenina, Stella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Whishaw, Stella Zoe (maiden name); Meyendorff, Stella Zoe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Anglo-Russian actress
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	April 26, 1976
Place of death	London , England , UK

[1] James Whishaw: A history of the Whishaw family. Methuen & Co., London 1935, “ When I went to live permanently in St. Petersburg, the firm of Hills & Whishaw was much the oldest firm in that City - my father had his first training in the firm of which his father was senior partner. But when he was 21 or 22 years old, he determined to build up a business of his own and went to Archangel. There he succeeded very well and had become fairly well off when the approaching shadow of the Crimean War and the death of his little daughter Emily from whooping- cough determined him to take his family to England. In January 1854. "

[2] Howard Cox: The global cigarette. Origins and evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880-1945. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2000, ISBN 0-19-829221-X , “These early developments by BAT Co. in South America were supervised by Montague Law Whishaw, a British subject who had been born in St Petersburg and recruited by BAT Co . in Russia during 1912 at the age of 22. "

[3] Thomas C. Owen: The Corporation under Russian Law, 1800-1917. A Study in Tsarist Economic Policy. 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2002, ISBN 0-521-52944-1 , “A vivid example of his use of intimidation appears in the memoirs of a prominent British merchant in Petersburg, James Whishaw, who managed the Russian affairs of numerous London businessmen . Whishaw earned a sizable income sizable income leasing land for petroleum drilling operations carried out in Baku by English companies. Since he had taken Russian citizenship, the onerous restrictions on foreigners, especially the need to obtain permission from the Ministry. "

[Schubiddubdidu-4] A ^b Stella Zoe Whishaw Meyendorff: Through terror to freedom. The dramatic story of an English woman's life and adventures in Russia before, during & after the revolution. Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London 1929.