Valentina Zimina

Valentina Zimina
Lobby card from Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924)
Born(1899-01-01)January 1, 1899
Moscow, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 3, 1928(1928-12-03) (aged 29)
Hollywood, Los Angeles California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1925–1928

Valentina Zimina (1 January 1899 – 3 December 1928) was a silent screen actress.[1]

Biography

Russian-born, the daughter of a Moscow stage actress, Zimina served as a lieutenant in the Women's Battalion of Death for three years.[2] Prior to the war she had been a star of the comic opera in Petrograd, singing operatic soprano.[3] She spent time in a Siberian prison, from which she escaped and made her way across Asia and into Hollywood. There she played in vaudeville in Long Beach, and was a standout with a hit.[4] The rest of her family were killed in the Russian Civil War. She made her credited screen debut opposite Bessie Love and Warner Baxter in Victor Fleming's A Son of His Father, followed by five more 1920s romantic melodramas.[5] Zimina died of influenza just before her last film was released.[6]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Slide, Anthony (2012). Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand-Ins. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62846-906-6.
  2. ^ "Ex-Member of Battalion of Death Gets Role". Exhibitors Daily Review. September 2, 1926. p. 7.
  3. ^ Ussher, Bruno David (December 17, 1921). "The Week's Music Events in Los Angeles". Pacific Coast Musical Review. Vol. XLI, no. 12. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Early Hollywood Days". Holly Leaves: 43. December 29, 1922.
  5. ^ Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. Berkley, CA: University of California Press. p. 949. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
  6. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9.
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