Acting
Vera Tschechowa
1940-07-22 · Berlin, Germany
Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaughter of Russian-born actors Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov; her great-great-uncle was the famous playwright Anton Chekhov. She became known as “The Girl with the Cat Eyes” after starring in Eugen York's film of the same name. Tschechowa began her career in film and theater in the late 1950s, making her screen debut in 1957. She appeared in over 90 film and television productions, earning critical recognition for roles such as Ulla Wickweber in Das Brot der frühen Jahre. In addition to acting, she co-founded Atossa Filmproduktion in 1980 and later focused on directing documentaries and television portraits of notable figures from politics and the arts. Her autobiography Überwiegend heiter: Mein ziemlich bewegtes Leben was published in 2022.
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Love at Twenty
Euridice BA 2037
A Case For Two
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
Cold Blood
Der Fahnder
Call Girls of Frankfurt
Wolffs Revier
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Directing Hell
Tausend Augen
NDR Talk Show
3 nach 9
The Bread of Those Early Years
Movie credits · 62
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Directing Hell
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
Suspicion of Guilt
Klaus-Maria Brandauer - Ansichten eines Räuberhauptmanns
Hans-Dietrich Genscher – Mein Halle
Neptun und Isolde
Love at First Sight
Frei zum Abschuß
Earthbound
Devil's Paradise
Tarot
Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle
Tschechow in meinem Leben
Reserl am Hofe
Blaubart
Tausend Augen
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
Haus Vaterland
The Axe of Wandsbek
Desperado City
Panic Time
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
Jahreszeiten der Liebe
… von Herzen mit Schmerzen
Der Schimmelreiter
Zeit der Empfindsamkeit
Erika's Passions
Euridice BA 2037
Cold Blood
Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek
The First Circle
Olifant
Krebsstation
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
Love and So Forth
Der eine Tag im Jahr
Call Girls of Frankfurt
Der Rebell, der keiner war
Anatomie eines Unfalls
TV credits · 25
Wolffs Revier
Riverboat
Insel der Träume
Mit Leib und Seele
Peter Strohm
Losberg
Der Fahnder
A Case For Two
Frau über vierzig
Die Pyramide
NDR Talk Show
Geschichten aus der Zukunft
Geschäft mit der Sonne
3 nach 9
Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
The Illegal
Dalli Dalli
Duell zu Dritt
Scene of the Crime
Cliff Dexter
Jörg Preda berichtet
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
Interpol
German Film Award
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