Anna Sten
Anna Sten (actually Anel Sudakewitsch, Russian Анель Судакевич, born December 3, 1908 in Kiev, † December 12, 1993 in New York City ) was a Russian-American actress of the late silent movies and early sound era.
Biography
Anna Sten was born in what was then Russian Kiev as the daughter of a Russian ballet teacher and a Swedish actress. She received ballet lessons and worked as a waitress before she began acting at the Stanislavsky Institute in Moscow.
Her film debut was in 1926 in a film by Fyodor Ozep. She appeared for example in 1927 in the quaint collage film The Kiss of Mary Pickford with, which was produced by a Soviet Union Travel Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks ' without their knowledge by Sergei Komarov newsreel material. After several roles in films by Boris Barnet, Yakov Protasanow and Yevgeny Chervyakov she went in 1930 to Germany, where she worked for two years. By Ozep movie The killer Dimitri Karamazov on the novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky attracted international attention.
The Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn then gave her a contract, and brought them to America in 1932. With a hitherto unknown Publicityrummel Sten was launched as the successor of Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. Her films have been produced with great effort and Goldwyn gave her each major stars on the side. Dorothy Arzner led her through her debut as Nana based on the novel by Émile Zola, Rouben Mamoulian adapted the film version of Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy entitled We Live Again with Fredric March as her partner.
But the audience remained unimpressed by Anna Sten and they soon became known as Goldwyn 's Folly (about: Goldwyn 's folly ) the laughing stock of the town. Producer dissolved soon after the contract, and Anna Sten turned a few B- movies. In 1936 she went to England, where she was involved until 1962 in movies. She was active in the theater and joined occasionally on television. Most recently, she lived with her husband Eugene Frenke in New York.