OLGA BACLANOVA
ACTING
From Wikipedia
Ólga Vladímirovna Baclanova (19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974) was a Russian-born actress and operatic singer, who achieved prominence during the silent film era and was often billed under her last name only, as Baclanova, similarly to the surname-only nomenclature assigned to fellow countryman Nazimova.
She was billed as the "Russian Tigress" and remains most noted by modern audiences for portraying Cleopatra in Tod Browning's horror movie Freaks (1932), which features a cast of actual carnival sideshow freaks.
Baclanova first came to New York City with the 1925 touring production of the Moscow Art Theatre's Lysistrata.
Though the rest of the company returned to Russia in 1926, she stayed to pursue a career in the United States.
- The Docks of New York1928
- Forgotten Faces1928
- The Man Who Laughs1928
- The Man I Love1929
- A Dangerous Woman1929
- Downstairs1932
- The Great Lover1931
- Claudia1943
- Cheer Up and Smile1930
- Avalanche1928
- Three Sinners1928
- The Woman Disputed1928
- The Street of Sin1928
- The Wolf of Wall Street1929
- The Billion Dollar Scandal1933
- Freaks1932