Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova (Russian:Алла Назимова; June 3 [O.S. May 22] , 1879 –July 13, 1945) was a Russian actress, who emigrated to the United States in 1905.

On Broadway, she was noted for her work in the classic plays of Ibsen, Chekhov and Turgenev. Her efforts at silent film production were less successful, but a few sound-film performances survive as a record of her art.