Vera Kholodnaya

Birthday: August 5th, 1893 Date of Death: February 17th, 1919 Place of Birth: Poltava, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (née Levchenko) was a Ukrainian-born actress of the silent film era. She was the first star of Imperial Russian cinema. Only eight of her films have survived, in part or in whole, and the total number she acted in is unknown, with speculation ranging from 50 to 100.