Vera Tschechowa
Actor
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.
Filmography
Love at Twenty
1962
Euridice BA 2037
as Evridiki 1975
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
as Anne Scherzer 1957
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
as Feder-Lissy 1964
Cold Blood
as Corinna 1975
Call Girls of Frankfurt
as Vera Paterny 1966
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
as Self 2022
Directing Hell
2011
The Bread of Those Early Years
as Ulla Wickwebe 1962
The Doctor of Stalingrad
as Tamara 1958
Tausend Augen
as Victoria 1984
Desperado City
as Hilke 1982
Tarot
as Charlotte 1986
Angel in a Taxi
as The dancer Camilla 1958
Love at First Sight
as Elsas Mutter 1991
Blaubart
as Gisela 1984
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
as Kristina 1970