Stella Arbenina
Stella Arbenina (nee Stella Zoe Whishaw, Stella married Zoe Meyendorff; born September 27, 1885 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, † April 26, 1976 in London, England) was an Anglo- Russian actress.
Life
Stella Arbenina was born in St. Petersburg in an Anglo- Russian family, who had been for several generations in Russia lebte.Sie related to Montague Law Whishaw (born 1890) and James Whishaw, a British businessman in St. Petersburg, of his memoirs published in London in 1935 under the title A history of the Whishaw family.
In 1907 she married Baron Paul Meyendorff, Captain of the Horse Guards, and Aide - de-camp at Nicholas II and later colonel in the military secretariat. Arbenina Meyendorff and had three children.
In 1930 she published her memoirs, Through Terror to Freedom, which describes her experiences during the Russian revolution. She died 90 years old in London.