Vera Tschechowa
Acting
Born: 1940-07-22 in Berlin, Germany
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.
Known For
Scene of the Crime
Wiktorija
A Case For Two
Julia Winter
NDR Talk Show
Self
Riverboat
Self
Wolffs Revier
Christin Wendrich
Dalli Dalli
Self - Candidate
Dalli Dalli
Self
Der Fahnder
Lena
Peter Strohm
Alexandra Aust
Cliff Dexter
Violet
Love at Twenty
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
The Bread of Those Early Years
Ulla Wickwebe
Interpol
Jeanette
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
Alberts Geliebte
The Illegal
Katharina Feldmann
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
Manuela O’Brien
The First Circle
Clara
The Young Sinner
Carola
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
Kristina
Tausend Augen
Victoria
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
Anne Scherzer
Tschechow in meinem Leben
Self
Meine 99 Bräute
Else Heer
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Tamara