Vera Tschechowa
Acting • Born 1940-07-22 – Died 2024-04-03
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
84 credits
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
Movie • 1957
Anne Scherzer
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Movie • 2022
Self
Cold Blood
Movie • 1975
Corinna
Euridice BA 2037
Movie • 1975
Evridiki
The Bread of Those Early Years
Movie • 1962
Ulla Wickwebe
The Doctor of Stalingrad
Movie • 1958
Tamara
The Young Sinner
Movie • 1960
Carola
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
Movie • 1964
Feder-Lissy
The Axe of Wandsbek
Movie • 1982
Fräulein Blüthe
Desperado City
Movie • 1982
Hilke
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
Movie • 1959
Manuela O’Brien
Meine 99 Bräute
Movie • 1958
Else Heer
Panic Time
Movie • 1980
Frau Dr. Wunder
Der Schimmelreiter
Movie • 1978
Vollina Harders
And That on Monday Morning
Movie • 1959
Monika
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
Movie • 1984
Katia, Tänzerin in Paris
… von Herzen mit Schmerzen
Movie • 1978
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk
Movie • 1964
Sinitschka
Tarot
Movie • 1986
Charlotte
Call Girls of Frankfurt
Movie • 1966
Vera Paterny
Wassa Schelesnowa
Movie • 1963
Lisa
Unter Achtzehn
Movie • 1957
Elfie Breitner
Suspicion of Guilt
Movie • 1996
Mrs. Clausthal
Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle
Movie • 1986
Anita Cliff
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
Movie • 1958
Katja
Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek
Movie • 1975
Lucy Lockit
Jahreszeiten der Liebe
Movie • 1979
Anatomie eines Unfalls
Movie • 1965
Lilo Förster
Angel in a Taxi
Movie • 1958
The dancer Camilla
Erika's Passions
Movie • 1976
Franziska
Die chinesische Mauer
Movie • 1965
Julia
Neptun und Isolde
Movie • 1992
Froher Herbst des Lebens
Movie • 1961
Ginevra Dunbar
Krebsstation
Movie • 1970
Dr. Wera
Der eine Tag im Jahr
Movie • 1967
Jane
Love at First Sight
Movie • 1991
Elsas Mutter
Verhör am Nachmittag
Movie • 1965
Barbara Winkler
Zeit der Empfindsamkeit
Movie • 1977
Sylvia
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
Movie • 1979
Blaubart
Movie • 1984
Gisela
Der Schleier fiel…
Movie • 1960
Lisa Roth
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
Movie • 1970
Kristina
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Movie • 2008
Self
The First Circle
Movie • 1973
Clara
Olifant
Movie • 1973
Charis
Leocadia
Movie • 1964
Amanda
Frei zum Abschuß
Movie • 1989
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker
Movie • 1963
Blanche Fleury
Tausend Augen
Movie • 1984
Victoria
Earthbound
Movie • 1989
Hanna Frey
Thomas More
Movie • 1964
Margaret More
Der Rebell, der keiner war
Movie • 1965
Minnie Powell
Directing Hell
Movie • 2011
Love and So Forth
Movie • 1968
Nina
Haus Vaterland
Movie • 1983
Reserl am Hofe
Movie • 1984
Baronin
Love at Twenty
Movie • 1962
Melodie und Rhythmus
Movie • 1959
(uncredited)
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Wiktorija
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Julia Winter
Wolffs Revier
TV • 1992
Christin Wendrich
Der Fahnder
TV • 1984
Lena
Cliff Dexter
TV • 1966
Violet
Geschichten aus der Zukunft
TV • 1978
Moira
Interpol
TV • 1963
Jeanette
Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin
TV • 1974
Sécurité-Agentin
Insel der Träume
TV • 1991
Lisa Rostow
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
TV • 1972
Alberts Geliebte
Dalli Dalli
TV • 1971
Self - Candidate
Peter Strohm
TV • 1989
Alexandra Aust
Geschäft mit der Sonne
TV • 1977
Birgit Schulz
Mit Leib und Seele
TV • 1989
Frau Rahner
Jörg Preda berichtet
TV • 1966
Jennifer Vernon
Dalli Dalli
TV • 1971
Self
Duell zu Dritt
TV • 1971
Liz Bentley
Frau über vierzig
TV • 1981
Hanna Lachner
Losberg
TV • 1986
Ruth von Trenz
Die Pyramide
TV • 1979
Self
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
TV • 1964
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self
Riverboat
TV • 1992
Self
3 nach 9
TV • 1974
Self
The Illegal
TV • 1972
Katharina Feldmann