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Alla Nazimova: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Alla Leventon
Born June 3, 1879 • Yalta • Russian Empire
Died July 13, 1945 (aged 66) • Los Angeles • California

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Portrait of actress Alla Nazimova, circa 1935, seated with her chin resting on her hand, gazing directly at the camera.
Alla Nazimova stands in an elegant gown holding a glass, while Rudolph Valentino sits in the foreground at a lavishly set table with other guests in a scene from Camille (1921).
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British actress Maggie Smith smiling, wearing a light-colored jacket over a dark top, with short gray hair, at an event in 2015.
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Erland Josephson and Liv Ullmann in character, standing close together by a lit candle, in a scene from Cries and Whispers (1972) directed by Ingmar Bergman.
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