Vera Tschechowa

Known for ActingBorn 1940-07-22Died 2024-04-03Berlin, Germany

Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaughter of Russian-born actors Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov; her great-great-uncle was the famous playwright Anton Chekhov. She became known as “The Girl with the Cat Eyes” after starring in Eugen York's film of the same name. Tschechowa began her career in film and theater in the late 1950s, making her screen debut in 1957. She appeared in over 90 film and television productions, earning critical recognition for roles such as Ulla Wickweber in Das Brot der frühen Jahre. In addition to acting, she co-founded Atossa Filmproduktion in 1980 and later focused on directing documentaries and television portraits of notable figures from politics and the arts. Her autobiography Überwiegend heiter: Mein ziemlich bewegtes Leben was published in 2022.Read more

Movies & web series

Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek

The Illegal

Duell zu Dritt

Love and So Forth

Wassa Schelesnowa

Unter Achtzehn

The Girl with the Cat Eyes

Dalli Dalli

Mit Leib und Seele

Treffpunkt im Unendlichen

Cliff Dexter

Meine 99 Bräute

Angel in a Taxi

Geschichten aus der Zukunft

Verhör am Nachmittag

Suspicion of Guilt

Earthbound

Tschechow in meinem Leben

The Axe of Wandsbek

Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen

Der Schimmelreiter

Der Schleier fiel…

And That on Monday Morning

Panic Time

Die Pyramide

Der Fahnder

The Doctor of Stalingrad

3 nach 9

Neptun und Isolde

Frei zum Abschuß

Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle

Losberg

Reserl am Hofe

Frau über vierzig

Zeit der Empfindsamkeit

Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin

Olifant

Jörg Preda berichtet

Die chinesische Mauer

Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk

Peter Strohm

Freddy unter fremden Sternen

Euridice BA 2037

NDR Talk Show

Love at Twenty

The First Circle

The Bread of Those Early Years

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