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Anna Sten (1908–1993)

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Born in Russia to a Ukrainian father and a Swedish mother, Anna Sten studied at the Russian Film Academy and joined the Moscow Art Theater. Strikingly beautiful, she went on to appear in a number of Russian silent films, but it was in the German film Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff that Anna gained notice. Samuel Goldwyn saw a picture of Anna in the paper and rushed to view the film... See full bio »

Born:

Anel Sudakevich
in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Died:

(age 84) in New York City, New York, USA
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1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Mrs. Van de Heuven
– Modus Operandi (1964) … Mrs. Van de Heuven
 
1962 The Nun and the Sergeant
Nun
 
1959 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Antonia
– The Bamboo Curtain (1959) … Antonia
 
1957 The Walter Winchell File (TV series)
Frieda
– The Cupcake (1957) … Frieda
 
1956 Runaway Daughters
Ruth Barton
 
1956 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Queen of Livonia
– County Fair or Minister of Agriculture (1956) … Queen of Livonia
 
1955 Soldier of Fortune
Madame Dupree
 
1948 Let's Live a Little
Michele Bennett
 
1943 Three Russian Girls
Natasha
 
1943 They Came to Blow Up America
Frau Reiter
 
1943 The Fighting Guerrillas
Lubitca Mihailovitch
 
1941 So Ends Our Night
Lilo
 
1940 The Man I Married
Frieda
 
1939 Exile Express
Nadine Nikolas
 
1936 Two Who Dared
Maria Krasnova aka Maria Novikova
 
1935 The Wedding Night
Manya Novak
 
1934 We Live Again
Katusha Maslova
 
1934 Nana
Nana
 
1932 Stürme der Leidenschaft
Russen-Annya
 
1931 Bombs Over Monte Carlo
Yola
 
1931/I Trapeze
Marina
 
1931 Les frères Karamazoff
Grouschenka
 
1931 Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff
Gruschenka
 
1930 Lohnbuchhalter Kremke
Kremkes Tochter
 
1929 Zolotoy klyuv
Varenka
 
1928 Belyy oryol
 
1928 Moy syn
Olga Surina
 
1928 The Yellow Ticket
Maria, young farmer's wife
 
1927 The Girl with the Hat Box
Natasha
 
1926 The Adventures of the Three Reporters
Typist (uncredited)
 
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1934 Nana (performer: "That's Love")
 
1932 Stürme der Leidenschaft (performer: "Ich weiß nicht, zu wem ich gehöhre")
 
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1954 Miss Robin Crusoe (advisor)
 
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1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 9 (documentary short)
Herself
 
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1980 Komediya davno minuvshikh dney
(as Anel Sudakevich)
 
1940 The Eternal Jew (documentary)
Gruschenka (uncredited)
 
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Anel Sudakevich
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Is mentioned in Cole Porter's song "Anything Goes." "When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction // Instruct Anna Sten in diction // Then Anna Shows // Anything Goes". See more »

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