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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1407
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6164 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101524, -118.323661
Nazimova
Biography
Alla Nazimova (Russian and Ukrainian: Алла Назимова; 3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1879; 13 July 1945), was a Jewish Russian American film and theater actress, a screenwriter, and film producer. She is perhaps best known as simply Nazimova, but also went under the name Alia Nasimoff.
Fact file
- Born: Miriam Edez Adelaida Leventon 3 June 1879 Yalta, Crimea, Russian Empire
- Died: 13 July 1945 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, United States
- Other names: Nazimova Alia Nasimoff
- Occupation: Actress, screenwriter and producer
- Spouse: Sergei Golovin (m. 1899–1945) «start: (1899)–end+1: (1946)»“Marriage: Sergei Golovin to Alla Nazimova” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Nazimova) Charles Bryant (m. 1912–1925) «start: (1912)–end+1: (1926)»“Marriage: Charles Bryant to Alla Nazimova” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alla_Nazimova)
- Partner: Glesca Marshall (1929– 1945, Nazimova’s death)
Read more about Nazimova at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
In the news
Today In Theatre History: DECEMBER 30
Playbill Combined , 2009-12-30 05:00:00
1907 In The Comet Alla Nazimova plays a woman who falls in love with her former lover's son, who eventually kills himself. This first play for Owen Johnson will run for seven weeks.
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between El Centro and Gower
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