Ludmilla Tchérina

Ludmilla Tchérina
Tchérina in 1955
Born	Monique Tchemerzine (1924-10-10)10 October 1924 Paris, France
Died	21 March 2004(2004-03-21) (aged 79) Paris, France
Resting place	Montmartre Cemetery
Occupations	Actress Ballerina Sculptor Painter Choreographer Author
Years active	1946–1964
Spouses	Edmond Audran ​ ​ (m. 1946; died 1951)​ Raymond Roi ​ ​ (m. 1953; died 1987)​

Ludmilla Tchérina (born Monique Tchemerzine; 10 October 1924 – 21 March 2004) was a French

and actress.

Biography

She studied with Blanche d'Alessandri,

as a guest performer.

Tchérina acted in several films including

. She also appeared in television. In the 1980s she turned to writing and published two novels under her own name, L'Amour au Miroir (1973) and La Femme a L'Envers (1986).

Tchérina had a lifelong passion for painting and exhibited in many major galleries. She also conceived and executed several monumental sculptures, including Europe à Coeur, chosen in 1991 by the EU to symbolise the union of Europe and now located at the European Parliament. In 1994 she created Europa Operanda, now installed at the French terminal of Eurotunnel.

Personal life

Edmond Audran, whom she married in 1946, died in a car accident in 1951. She married Raymond Roi in 1953. The marriage lasted until his death in 1987.

She was decorated with the Officier, Légion d'honneur in 1980.

Death

Tchérina died in 2004, aged 79, and is buried at the Montmartre Cemetery, Paris.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1946	Un revenant	Karina
1948	The Red Shoes	Irina Boronskaja
1949	Fandango	Angélica
1950	Here Is the Beauty	Mireille Oslava
1950	La nuit s'achève	Danielle Chevalier
1951	The Tales of Hoffmann	Giulietta
1951	Clara de Montargis	Clara
1951	Parsifal	Kundry
1952	Grand Gala	Monique
1953	Sins of Rome	Amitys
1954	Mata Hari's Daughter	Elyne
1954	Sign of the Pagan	Princess Pulcheria
1955	Oh... Rosalinda!!	Rosalinda
1959	Honeymoon	Anna
1962	The Lovers of Teruel	Isa
1964	Une ravissante idiote
1969	Salomé [fr]	Salomé

External links

• Ludmilla Tchérina at
  IMDb
• Ludmilla Tcherina - Obituary from The Independent (UK)
• Ludmilla Tchérina at aenigma
• tcherina.com in French
• Europe à Coeur (Strasbourg)