Maria Ouspenskaya
Maria Ouspenskaya
Birthday: Jul 29, 1876
Place of Birth:
Bio: One of the most dynamic, and tiniest, of character actresses, Russian-born Maria Ouspenskaya had originally dreamed of an operatic career. She studied in both Warsaw and Moscow until money ran out, then switched gears and decided to concentrate on acting. Though she was past 30 when she entered Adasheff's School of Drama, Mme. Ouspenskaya was the school's most energetic and ambitious pupil; after

Filmography

Year Title Credit
1947 Wyoming Maria
1946 I've Always Loved You Mme. Goronoff
1945 Tarzan and the Amazons (Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Amazons) Amazon Queen
1942 Kings Row Madame Von Eln
1942 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Maleva
1942 The Mystery of the Marie Celeste Mme. Cecile Roget
1941 The Wolf Man Maleva
1941 The Shanghai Gesture Amah
1940 The Mortal Storm Mrs. Breitner
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Franziska Speyer
1940 Beyond Tomorrow (Beyond Christmas) Mme. Tanya
1940 Dance, Girl, Dance Mme. Lydia Basilova
1940 Waterloo Bridge Mme. Olga Kirowa
1939 Judge Hardy and Son Mrs. Volduzzi
1939 Love Affair Grandmother Janou
1939 The Rains Came Maharani
1938 Judge Hardy's Children Actor
1937 Conquest Countess Pelagia
1936 Dodsworth Baroness Von Obersdorf