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Russian and American actress. Filmed in the movies: "War Bride", "perfect event", "Red Lantern", "Camilla", "Doll′s House", "Salome" and others played in the theater plays Chekhov, Ibsen, Shaw , Eugene O′Neill, Strindberg, Hauptmann, etc.
Adelaide Leventon (Alla Nazimova) was born on 22 May (4 June) 1879 in Yalta, in a family of prosperous Jewish pharmacist James Leventona. Six Allu sent to a private Catholic school in Switzerland, the Montreux. Capable student quickly develops several European languages. Going back a few years at home, Adelaide enters the Odessa Conservatory where he studied playing the violin under the guidance of Rimsky-Korsakov.
But she already wants to be an actress. Alla Moscow Philharmonic comes to school, in class Nemirovich-Danchenko. Three years for her role in the final play - "Little Elf" Ibsen - the young actress gets a gold medal, an honorary Academy Award. After graduating college, she ceased to be Yakovlevna Adelaide Leventon, and adopted a new name - A. Alla Nazimova.
After the studio - work at the Art Theater. The first bit part - nischenka-old woman in a crowd of hungry in the play "Death of Ivan the Terrible." Nazimova went in the summer of Bobruisk, then in the Mogilev, Minsk and has played everything. Returned to Moscow. But at the Art theater roles to her was not.
Meeting with the actor Paul Orlenevym dramatically changed her life. Nazimova loved him with its passion and vlastnostyu. She left her husband Sergei Golovin (at one time was an assistant in the office of the Minister of Finance Sergei Witte) and married Orleneva.
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ORLEN slowly makes her a star, helping obtain more than two hundred leading roles in theaters in Kostroma, Kherson, Vilna. They were inseparable, and on the stage - if ORLEN plays Dmitri in The Brothers Karamazov, the Nazimova - Grushenku, if he - Hlestakova, the Nazimova - Anna Antonovna ...
Nazimova became his friend, companion, muzoy, drawing, in which both need infinitely talented, but a weak and dependent tremendous mental differential talent. To worship Allah in it the artist, teacher, not hiding, that all he is obliged to form their own identity.
ORLEN Nazimova and were the first Russians to touring in America. March 23, 1905, after Berlin and London Orleneva troupe gave its first performance of "The Jews" Chirikova New York′s Lower East Side, in the theater "Herald Square." Russian anti-Semitism - a win-win card for the neighborhoods of New York Jewish poor, but all the live game inspired a brilliant couple. Touring companies also played a proscribed in Russia, "Paul" Dmitry Merezhkovsky, "Lorenzachcho" Alfred de Musset. Elated by success, all the money they spent to repair the theater on Third Street East Side, giving him magnificent title "Russian litseum. During the 1905/06 season′s in his repertoire Gogol and Chekhov, Dostoyevsky and Ibsen, Strindberg, and Hauptmann. Delighted critics increasingly fragile exotic Nazimova compared with Eleonora Duse.
Alla Nazimova quickly learned the English language.
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Theatrical producer and theater owner L. Schubert, saw Russian performances Nazimova, beg to speak to him in any role - of course, English. Trained her subtleties of language and put the pronunciation of the famous mother of actor Richard Bartelmesa.
November 13, 1906 in the Theater "Princess" was the debut of English actress Alla Nazimova in one of her best roles - Geddy Gabler. Theater of New York has been conquered, the newspaper wrote that the "fragile Russian surpassed all of the audience favorites." And soon most ibsenovskih plays, brought her well-deserved reputation, it is playing at the Theater at 39 th Street, which is called the Shubert Theater Alla Nazimova.
She played a strong, independent, brilliant women. Wrote about her tart charm, perfect plastic, a huge temper. "pale face, dark hair, expressive mouth, deep eyes ..." - that saw her rapturous audience. In between the major roles of Hilda in "The Builder Solnese, Almers Rita in" Little Eyolfe, Geddy Gabler actress afford a break in the melodrama and vaudeville. In "Countess-yoke" and "Beauty" ( "Bella Donna") (1913) already appear in the image of the strokes vamp.
With melodramatic vaudeville anti-war "War Bride" Nazimova arranges tours across America. But on her return director Herbert Brenon Nazimova offers to perform a major role in the film of the play.
In the "War Bride" (1916), together with Alla filmed Charles Bryant, who became her lover (they could not marry because of divorce ORLEN to not like) and a partner in many films.
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Suggestions and attractive contracts with Hollywood after the success of "war brides" sprinkled from the horn of plenty. Ambition and vlastnost actress appeared in her contract with "Metro" - it allows itself Nazimova recruit crew, to approve the script, director, actor.
Alla leased for 99 years a small, Spanish villa-type to Sunset Boulevard. The mansion was like a white orchid. Strong cedar trees, palm trees, flower gardens, a pond with lilies, shady paths - Garden Nazimova, "as it is called in Hollywood, has been remarkable.
Light figurine nimfetki characteristic southern exterior Nazimova is ideal for sentimental melodramas. Already in the first role for the "Metro" - the film is perfect "(1918) - her favorite topic appears lonely, vulnerable women, the mask hides for hischnitsy-vamp, capricious and spoiled. Nazimova creates a convincing image of Dzholiny, pevichki of cabaret in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
She plays in the drama of Albert chaplains "Eye for an eye" (1918), "From the Fog" (1918), "Red Lantern" (1919). In the latter film, Alla performed the role polukitayanki May Lee, that becomes the "Goddess of Red Lamp," the leader of Boxer Uprising in Peking.
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Not funny and ridiculous stories melodramas, but the subtle game Nazimova almost immediately put her into the ranks of the leading Hollywood "див" - in each list of favorite actresses her name stood next to the names Mary Pikford, Norma Tolmedzh, Pirl White, Marguerite Clark. She was on the screen provozvestnitsey new developments, the modern symbol for those years, women, passionate, strong, desirable and elusive of men.
In 1920 the company "Metro" with Nazimova has signed a contract under which she received 1400 dollars a week - $ 50 per hour, emphasized Herbert Blashe who withdrew Nazimova in the film "Scum" (1919). I found an excellent tragedienne comic talent, revealed in the film, which unfolded behind the scenes big music-hall. "Maybe true, that I dance to rolki, - she said - but if you know how hard it gives me."
Nazimova and her friend the artist-designer Natasha Rambova wanted scandalous film "Aphrodite" by Pierre-Louis, which was sold out on Broadway. But bosses Metro offered Nazimova put no less famous, but more respectable novel - "lady with the Camellias" by Alexander Dumas, son.
Its volume courtesan Margarita Gauthier - the real work of the Parisian demi. In the role of Armand Duval shot was still unknown extra Rodolfo Valentino. Alla has gone through with it novel, though it has been over for sixteen years, Rudolfo. Their relationship was short-lived.
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Game of Alla in "Camilla" (1921), as always, was unique, but by the time control of power and obstinate star on the set had already started to harass the leaders of the Metro. " The contract was terminated, and Nazimova, organized their own film industry.
But the dream of independence in the arts had to reinforce the material - almost all of their savings invested in Nazimova rent a small studio of Robert of Brighton Avenue on Melroz and two movie filmed there - "Doll′s House" and "Salome" (1923).
The first draft of the special glory Nazimova did not. Although the actress made to the role of Nora, once made her famous on both sides of the ocean, all their theatrical skills. Then the star-producer has decided to risk his career and chose "Salome" by Oscar Wilde. Textbook biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of Herod the king and the daughter of Herodias, danced at the instigation of the mother to her stepfather erotic dance of the seven veil, in order to get him on a silver platter the head of John the Baptist in the art of the turn of XIX-XX centuries, suddenly became popular.
Alla has attempted to return to the style of the famous English artist Aubrey prerafaelita Berdsli and its amazing scenery to the tragedy of Wilde. This was an attempt to create a cinematic ballet that is fully consistent with the talent of the actress, whose French cinema Dellyuk gave this description: "... Alla Nazimova - a dancer, rather than mime. x3c...x3e Nazimova has always been famous for subtle understanding of cinema and has worked with such a skilled assistant, that her cinematic dance accurate dose, perfectly placed, always ending at the right time and fits into the overall idea of the film or the role of psychology.
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Not in the slightest will not retreat from the play, Alla, and tried to express his own tragedy. Salome Nazimova - personality, but the identity of the tragic. Because her death was inevitable, if she is trying to assert their individuality, whether the Romans conquered Judea, or Hollywood-century jazz.
Salome anger and the desire to avenge find your way in the climax scene - Dancing with the seven veil. By 1924, this dance has become popular erotic attraction to the show and the most variety of different capitals of the world.
"Salome" was the favorite child of Nazimova. On the production took 350,000 dollars, in those times very much for such a chamber film.
But distributors are not reluctant to communicate with the unusual, too "artistic" picture. As a result, rental, by United Artists, not paid for and half invested in a fund. "Wild Orchid decadent passion" as the magazine reviewer called the film "Fotopley", could not be supported by the spectators because of stupid rental policies.
It was the collapse of one of the first attempts to make a truly artistic film in America.
After "Salome" Allah decides to leave Hollywood forever, but, on reflection, agreed to the proposal of the First Neyshenal and Vitagraf "- to continue its infernal line. And once again went "pass" role: the "street Madonna" (1924) it was - beautiful lightly, leaving a wealth of informative and skipped all the lower and lower.
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In his beautiful house in the Hollywood Nazimova arranged something like a European salon, where it was possible to meet the celebrity world of art, which were heard French, English and Russian speech ... Shalyapin, toured to Los Angeles in the years 1923-1925, zaezzhal usually after a concert in the Garden of Alla eat steak and drink a couple of Russian vodka. The great Anna Pavlova with choreographer Fokine ever on a visit along with the couple, Mary Pikford - Douglas Fairbanks. Nazimova talked to in 1924, Pavlova do a screen test for a new film company of United Artists. " Many artists and writers admiringly remember the evening in the heavenly Garden of Alla ...
But in mid-1920′s Nazimova with respect to financial difficulties was forced to turn your garden Alla apart from the hotel, or rather, in something of a guest house with twenty-five small bungalows. He immediately christened Garden of Allah.
But the expected financial independence does not come. Less than a year, "The Garden of Allah", did not stand the competition, was on the verge of bankruptcy. "Garden" had to sell on account of unpaid debts and taxes. However, the actress pronounce themselves the right to a small apartment in the hostel and, when it happened in Hollywood, lived there, was still with the royal dignity.
The years have brought, and personal loss.
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Nazimova plays in the newly organized by Eva Le Galenn in New York City Repertory Theater. " October 15, 1928 premiere of "The Cherry Garden". In the role of Ranevskaya - Nazimova. She toured in London and Paris. Her repertoire includes - Chekhov "Cherry Orchard" Turgenevskaya month in the village, " Ghosts "Ibsen, Bernard Shaw, Eugene O′Neill ... Actress brilliantly demonstrated shift moods, from joy to sorrow, from carefree to anxiety. The secret of the game Nazimova, critics noted, that the plays, said all of her body from head to toe, she realizes the secret of the harmony of speech and gesture. Theater re-elect its Allu Divine Queen. Tennessee Williams, another student saw it in one of the show, admitted: "It was one of those unforgettable experiences that forced me to write for the theater. After the game Nazimova would exist for the theater. "
December 12, 1935 Nazimova played Frau Althingi in "ghosts" Ibsen. Reviewer "Ivning Journal wrote enthusiastically:" This is not a game, this mass hypnosis. "
In the early 1940′s, Alla Nazimova again comes to the cinema. But now its role is not important, although it remains a star and makes his way out of a small spectacle: from Mervyn Le Roy in "Escape" (1940), with Ruben Mamulyana in "Blood and Sand" (1941), Roland Lee at the "Bridge of San Luis (1944), with Vincent Sherman in" our time "(1944) with Michael Chekhov and many other Russian emigrants, John Kromvella in the movie" Ever since you left "(1944).
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Narrow circle of friends, but among them many former artists studio Art Theater: Richard Boleslavsky, Maruchcha Uspenskaya, Akim Tamir, Michael Chekhov ...
Alla Nazimova, Russian and American, reformer of the theater and cinema of America, died June 30, 1945 in Los Angeles in the hospital "Sameriten Hood" from coronary thrombosis. She was sixty-six years. She will always remain a legend of Grand Silent ...
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