Vera Tschechowa
ActingAlso Known As
Wera Cecova
Biography
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.
Movies
(58 total)
Euridice BA 2037
as Evridiki
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
as Anne Scherzer
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
as Feder-Lissy
Cold Blood
as Corinna
Call Girls of Frankfurt
as Vera Paterny
The Bread of Those Early Years
as Ulla Wickwebe
The Doctor of Stalingrad
as Tamara
Tausend Augen
as Victoria
Desperado City
as Hilke
Tarot
as Charlotte
Angel in a Taxi
as The dancer Camilla
Love at First Sight
as Elsas Mutter
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
as Kristina
Melodie und Rhythmus
as (uncredited)
The Young Sinner
as Carola
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
as Manuela O’Brien
Panic Time
as Frau Dr. Wunder
TV Shows
(26 total)
Scene of the Crime
as Wiktorija
A Case For Two
as Julia Winter
Der Fahnder
as Lena
Wolffs Revier
as Christin Wendrich
NDR Talk Show
as Self
Peter Strohm
as Alexandra Aust
Riverboat
as Self
Dalli Dalli
as Self - Candidate
Dalli Dalli
as Self
Interpol
as Jeanette
Cliff Dexter
as Violet
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
as Alberts Geliebte
The Illegal
as Katharina Feldmann