Vera Tschechowa
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.
Acting
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Wiktorija
1970
Movie
Love at Twenty
1962
Movie
Euridice BA 2037
as Evridiki
1975
TV
A Case For Two
as Julia Winter
1981
Movie
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
as Anne Scherzer
1957
Movie
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
as Feder-Lissy
1964
Movie
Cold Blood
as Corinna
1975
TV
Der Fahnder
as Lena
1984
Movie
Call Girls of Frankfurt
as Vera Paterny
1966
TV
Wolffs Revier
as Christin Wendrich
1992
Movie
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
as Self
2022
TV
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
TV
3 nach 9
as Self
1974
Movie
The Bread of Those Early Years
as Ulla Wickwebe
1962
Movie
The Doctor of Stalingrad
as Tamara
1958
Movie
Tausend Augen
as Victoria
1984
Movie
Directing Hell
2011
TV
Peter Strohm
as Alexandra Aust
1989
TV
Riverboat
as Self
1992
Movie
Desperado City
as Hilke
1982
Movie
Tarot
as Charlotte
1986
Movie
Angel in a Taxi
as The dancer Camilla
1958
Movie
Love at First Sight
as Elsas Mutter
1991
Movie
Blaubart
as Gisela
1984
