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Maria Ouspenskaya

Teacher / Character Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 07/29/1876 († 73, 12/03/1949) | Tula, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya (Russian: Мария Алексеевна Успенская; 29 July 1876 – 3 December 1949) was a Russian actress and acting teacher. She achieved success as a stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an older woman in Hollywood films. ()

Maria Ouspenskaya was a Russian stage and screen actress, in America from 1922, performing, in the States, first on Broadway, later, from 1936, in Hollywood film supporting roles. In 1929 she founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York City.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf. ...

The Wolf Man

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1941 | 3.6/5 | 1h 10min
Horror, Drama
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A polish countess dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to make Poland independent. ...

Conquest

NR

1937 | 3.4/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind. ...

Love Affair

NR

1939 | 3.6/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life. ...

Dodsworth

NR

1936 | 3.6/5 | 1h 41min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Maria Ouspenskaya

2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Maria Ouspenskaya as Actress(22)

as Self (archive footage)1999 Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Mme. Karina1949 A Kiss in the Dark
as Maria1947 Wyoming
as Madame Goronoff1946 I've Always Loved You
as Amazon Queen1945 Tarzan and the Amazons
as Maleva the Gypsy1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as Madame Cecile Roget1942 The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Madame von Eln1942 Kings Row
as The Amah1941 The Shanghai Gesture
as Maleva1941 The Wolf Man
as Madame Basilova1940 Dance, Girl, Dance
as Madame Tanya1940 Beyond Tomorrow
as Franziska Speyer1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Mrs. Breitner1940 The Mortal Storm
as Madame Olga Kirowa1940 Waterloo Bridge
as Frau Gerhardt1940 The Man I Married
as Judith Volduzzi1939 Judge Hardy and Son
as Grandmother1939 Love Affair
as Maharani1939 The Rains Came
as la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska1937 Conquest
as Baroness Von Obersdorf1936 Dodsworth
1917 Tsvety zapozdalye

Full Name: Maria Uspensky
Born: Saturday, 07/29 1876 (July) in Tula, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died: Saturday, 12/03 1949 (December) in Los Angeles (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN), Russian (RU, native language)
Student of: Konstantin Stanislavski, Leopold Sulerzhitsky
Other names for Maria Ouspenskaya (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya"
"Mariya Uspenskaya"
Maria Ouspenskaya frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (4x, Crew)
Frank Borzage (4x, Crew)
Patric Knowles (4x, Actor)
Egon Brecher (4x, Actor)
Leyland Hodgson (4x, Actor)
Bess Flowers (3x, Actress)
Hans J. Salter (3x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (3x, Crew)
Leo McCarey (3x, Crew)
George Waggner (3x, Crew)
Alfred Newman (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:91061, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024