Vera Karalli

Known for

Acting

Born

July 27, 1889

Birthplace

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Died

November 16, 1972 (aged 83)

Biography

Vera Karalli was a Russian ballerina turned star silent film actress. A mistress of Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, she reportedly was a co-conspirator in the plot to murder Grigori Rasputin in December 1916. She died in Austria in 1972.

Best known work

The Dying Swan

1917

After Death

1915

The King of Paris

1917

The Happiness of Eternal Night

1915

Chrysanthemums

1914

Do You Remember?..

1914

The Draconian Contract

1915

Cinema in Russia

1979

A Woman's Revenge

1921

The Night of September 11

1922

Filmography

1979
Cinema in Russia
as Film footage
1922
The Night of September 11
1921
A Woman's Revenge
1918
Dream And Life
as Natasha Bobrova
1917
The King of Paris
as Cameo
1917
The Alarm
as Magda, Igor's sister
1917
The Dying Swan
as Gizella Raccio
1916
The Retribution
as Masha Belskaya / Lady Hermione, Writer
1916
Гриф старого борца
as Crista
1916
Bronskiy Sisters
as Anna Vronskaya, Writer
1915
After Death
as Zoia Kadmina
1915
The Draconian Contract
as Restaurant owner's daughter
1915
Cinema — for the Soldier
as Self
1915
The Happiness of Eternal Night
as Lily Pleskova, the blind young woman
1915
Love of a State Councillor
as Lola, the dancer
1915
Burnt Wings
as Tanya
1915
From Crime to Crime
as Yelena
1915
Soul Mates
as Muza Taliarskaya, dancer, Writer
1915
Shadows of Sin
as Irina Kareyeva
1915
Natasha Rostova
as Natasha Rostova
1914
Do You Remember?..
as Elena Pilskaja
1914
Chrysanthemums
as Vera Alekseevna Nevolina, the dancer
1914
Tomboy
as Ljubochka, model