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 York 1928
- The Man Who Laughs 1928
- The Man I Love 1929
- A Dangerous Woman 1929
- Downstairs 1932
- The Great Lover 1931
- Claudia 1943
- Cheer Up and Smile 1930
- Forgotten Faces 1928
- The Woman Disputed 1928
- Avalanche 1928
- Three Sinners 1928
- The Street of Sin 1928
- The Wolf of Wall Street 1929
- The Billion Dollar Scandal 1933
- Freaks 1932