Aleksandra Khokhlova
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| Born | Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina 4 October 1897 |
| Died | 22 August 1985 (aged 87) |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, theatre director, writer, educator |
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| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Pavel Tretyakov (grandfather) Sergey Botkin (grandfather) Mikhail Botkin (great-uncle) Vasily Botkin (great-uncle) Eugene Botkin (uncle) |
Aleksandra Sergeyevna Khokhlova (born Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina, Russian: Александра Сергеевна Хохлова, 4 October 1897 – 22 August 1985) was a Soviet actress, theatre director, writer, and educator.
Biography
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The daughter of Sergei Botkin (1859–1910), a physician, and Alexandra Pavlovna Botkina (née Tretyakova, 1867–1959), Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina was born in Berlin, in what was then the German Empire. She had a sister, Anastasia,[1] and was the granddaughter of Pavel Tretyakov, a philanthropist and patron of the arts. In 1914, she married actor Konstantin Khokhlov. They had one child together, a son named Sergei.
She appeared as a supporting actress in the 1916 film Uragan (Hurricane) directed by
Besides acting and directing, Khokhlova also taught a workshop at the state institute with Kuleshov. In 1935, she was named a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.[2]
With her husband, she published a memoir 50 Let v Kino (50 Years in Cinema).[3]
Khokhlova died in Moscow at the age of 87.[2]
Selected filmography
Acting roles
- Zheleznaia Piata (The Iron Heel) (1919) directed by Vladimir Gardin
- Neobychainye prikliucheniia mistera Vesta v strane bolshevikov (The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks), comedy (1924) directed by Lev Kuleshov
- Luch smerti (The Death Ray) (1925) directed by Lev Kuleshov, Kholhlova was also assistant director
- Po zakonu (By the Law) (1926) directed by Lev Kuleshov
- Vasha znakomaia (Your Acquaintance) (1927) directed by Lev Kuleshov
- Velikii uteshitel' (The Great Consoler) (1933) directed by Lev Kuleshov, Kholhlova was also assistant director
- Sibiryaki' (Siberians) (1940) directed by Lev Kuleshov
Directing
- Delo s zastezhkami (An affair of the clasps) (1929)
- Sasha (1930)
- Igrushki (Toys) (1933)
Assistant director
- My s Urala (We from the Urals) (1943), directed by Lev Kuleshov
References
- ^ "Portrait of Alexandra P. Botkina, née Tretyakova (1867-1959)". Archived from the original on 2021-07-10. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1442268425.
- ^ a b c "Aleksandra Khokhlova". Women Film Pioneers Project. Columbia University.
External links
- Aleksandra Khokhlova at IMDb
- Aleksandra Khokhlova at the Women Film Pioneers Project
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