Xenia Desni

Xenia Desni, photograph (around 1928) by Alexander Binder

Xenia Desni ( Ukrainian Ксенія Десні , born Desnitzkaya ; born January 19, 1897 in Kiev , Russian Empire , † June 27, 1962 in Roquefort-les-Pins France ) was a Ukrainian actress.

Life

Xenia Desni, photograph (around 1928) by Alexander Binder

The native Russian, whose artistic talent was encouraged by her parents at an early age, fled to Constantinople during the Russian Revolution , where she worked as a variety dancer and from there to Berlin . It was here that her successful, albeit short, screen career began - mainly with films directed by Johannes Guter - and ended with the advent of talkies.

Little is known about the former silent film star's further life. She was the mother of the 1913 Berlin born actress Tamara Desni and mother-in-law of the Canadian actor Raymond Lovell (1900-1953). Between 1924 and 1926 she had a "summer residence" built in Bansin , which she lived in with her daughter for several years until the house passed into the hands of the industrialist Gerdes.

Xenia Desni died on June 27, 1962 in France, Extrait de décès: No 10/1962.

Filmography

1921: Sappho
1922: barmaid
1922: Call of Fate
1923: The Princess Suwarin
1923: Wilhelm Tell
1923: leap into life
1924: The other
1924: Decameron nights
1925: The Tower of Silence
1925: A waltz dream
1925: The found bride
1926: the pink diamond
1926: Schützenliesel
1926: The boxer bride
1926: The Schimeck family - Viennese hearts
1926: Mermaid
1927: Madame makes an affair
1927: girl from the people
1927: Bridegrooms of the Babette Bomberling
1927: Master of the World
1927: Rhenish girl enjoying Rhenish wine
1927: Your Highness Radishes
1927: Marie's soldier
1927: radio magic
1928: The orchid dancer ( La danseuse Orchidée )
1929: Archduke Johann
1940: Detective Inspector Eyck

Web links

Commons : Xenia Desni - collection of images, videos and audio files

Xenia Desni in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Images by Xenia Desni In: Virtual History

Remarks

↑ More likely is the date of birth January 19, 1894, which has not yet been proven by an official document. That would also mean that she gave birth to her daughter Tamara at 19 years of age (rather than 16).

Individual proof

↑ Source: "Die Filmwoche", No. 48, year 1926, p. 1146, also supported by travel documents on ancestry.com.
↑ Municipality of Seebad Bansin (ed.): Seebad Bansin, 100 years, 1897–1997. Festschrift. Neuendorf Verlag, Neubrandenburg 1997, ISBN 3-931897-05-2 .

personal data
SURNAME	Desni, Xenia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Desnitzkaya, Xenia (maiden name); Десні, Ксенія (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian actress
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiev , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1962
Place of death	Roquefort-les-Pins France

[2] More likely is the date of birth January 19, 1894, which has not yet been proven by an official document. That would also mean that she gave birth to her daughter Tamara at 19 years of age (rather than 16).

[1] Source: "Die Filmwoche", No. 48, year 1926, p. 1146, also supported by travel documents on ancestry.com.

[3] Municipality of Seebad Bansin (ed.): Seebad Bansin, 100 years, 1897–1997. Festschrift. Neuendorf Verlag, Neubrandenburg 1997, ISBN 3-931897-05-2 .