Alla Aleksandrovna Nazimova (Russian: Алла Александровна Назимова; born Marem-Ides Leventon; June 3 [O.S. May 22] 1879 – July 13, 1945) was a Russian-American actress, …

Alla Nazimova. Actress: Salomé. The grand, highly flamboyant Russian star Alla Nazimova of Hollywood silent films lived an equally grand, flamboyant life off-camera, though her legendary …

Crimea-born actress Alla Nazimova was once the highest-paid film actress in the world. After a series of scandals and box-office flops, her name is mostly lost to history.

Alla Nazimova (born June 3 (May 22, Old Style), 1879, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died July 13, 1945, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Russian-born and Russian …

In the early 20th century, one of the brightest lights on America’s theatrical stage and on its cinematic screen was actor, director, writer and producer Alla Nazimova. Few women shined …

Alla Nazimova was a Broadway megastar, film legend, pioneering auteur, and the most highly paid actress in the world. She was a Russian, Jewish, queer immigrant who was acclaimed, …

Aug 2, 2023 · Determined to perform, Alla came up with a stage name, Alla Nazimova. Alla was a diminutive of Adelaida, while Nazimova was taken from the surname of Nadezhda Nazimova, …

It was a hit, introducing Nazimova to moviegoers nationwide. The timing was perfect: within months, the Wilson administration reversed its isolationism and prepared for war, and antiwar …

Alla Nazimova, a Russian-born actress who became a star on the Broadway stage in the 1910s and a star of silent movies in the early 1920s.

Alla Nazimova’s silent film career began in 1916 with her performance as the feisty, indomitable lead character in the screen adaptation of Marion Craig Wentworth’s pacifist drama “War Brides.”