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Vera Zorina

Actress / Ballet Dancer / Film Actress | * 01/02/1917 († 86, 04/09/2003) | Berlin (Germany)
Vera Zorina (January 2, 1917 – April 9, 2003), born Eva Brigitta Hartwig, was a Norwegian ballerina, theatre and film actress, and choreographer. Today, she is chiefly remembered for her films choreographed by her then-husband George Balanchine. They include the Slaughter on Tenth Avenue sequence from On Your Toes, The Goldwyn Follies, I Was an Adventuress with Erich Von Stroheim and Peter Lorre, Louisiana Purchase with Bob Hope, and dancing to "That Old Black Magic" in Paramount Pictures' Star Spangled Rhythm. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Music | Drama

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During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale ...

Follow the Boys

Certification unknown

1944 | 2.4/5 | 2h 2min
Comedy, Drama, Music, War
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A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty. ...

Louisiana Purchase

NR

1941 | 3.4/5 | 1h 38min
Comedy, Music
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Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always l ...

I Was an Adventuress

Certification unknown

1940 | 3.1/5 | 1h 21min
Drama, Comedy, Crime
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Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. ...

The Goldwyn Follies

NR

1938 | 2.3/5 | 1h 55min
Romance / Love, Music, Comedy
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Movies with Vera Zorina as Actress(9)

as From 'On Your Toes' (archive footage)1985 That's Dancing!
as Madeleine Laslo1946 Lover Come Back
as Gloria Vance1944 Follow the Boys
as herself1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
as Marina Von Minden1941 Louisiana Purchase
as Countess Tanya Vronsky1940 I Was an Adventuress
as Vera Barnova1939 On Your Toes
as Olga Samara1938 The Goldwyn Follies
as Jacqueline1931 His girlfriend Annette

TV Shows/Series with Vera Zorina as Actress(1)

as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Vera Zorina
Citizenship: Norway
Born: Tuesday, 01/02 1917 (January) in Berlin (Germany)
Died: Wednesday, 04/09 2003 (April) in Santa Fe (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Spouses (current/former): George Balanchine, Goddard Lieberson
Children: Peter Lieberson
Other names for Vera Zorina (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Eva Brigitta Hartwig"
Vera Zorina frequently works together with these people:
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Art Carney (6x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (5x, Actor)
Debbie Reynolds (5x, Actress)
Red Buttons (5x, Actor)
Sergio Franchi (5x, Actor)
Ann-Margret (4x, Actress)
Louis Armstrong (4x, Actor)
Franco Corelli (4x, Actor)
Louis Prima (4x, Actor)
Charles Laskey (4x, Cast)
Jerry Vale (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:15638, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024