Ada Tschechowa (russian: Ада Михайловна Чехова, 9 September 1916 – 28 January 1966) was a Russo-German
actress and
music manager
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.
Life
Ada Mikhailovna Chekhova was born to esteemed actors
Olga
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People and fictional characters
* Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
* Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
Places
Russia
* Olga, Russia, ...
and
Michael Chekhov on 9 September 1916 in
Moscow,
Russia. In 1921, her family moved to
Berlin, where she grew up. From a young age, Ada followed in the path of her parents and grew an interest in becoming a theater actress, which led her to attending the Staatliche Schauspielschule in Berlin and private lessons with
Walter Franck.
In April 1935, she tried out for and was accepted for an Austrian production of ''The Pompadour'' and ''
The Empress's Favourite'' the following year. Until the end of
World War II she played in two more movies, and then in ''Secret of a Marriage'' in 1951. Ada played primarily in the theater for the Agency for Film and Television in the Berlin artist's colony and supervised such people as Angelika Meissner and
Rex Gildo.
Until 1934, Ada was married to
cinematographer
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Franz Weihmayr, then to physician Wilhelm Rust until 1950, and finally with boxer Conny Rux, with whom she had a son, Mikhail, called "Mischa".
From her second marriage, Ada gave birth to a daughter,
Vera
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Names
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*Vera (given name), a given name (including a list of people and fictional characters with the name)
**Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarrag ...
, in 1940. Ada, according to her daughter, was very protective of Vera. In one instance, recorded in an interview with ''
Frau im Spiegel
''Frau im Spiegel'' (English lit. "Woman in the Mirror") is a German weekly magazine for women based in Munich, Germany.
History and profile
The magazine first appeared in 1946. It was distributed by the Hamburg based ''Verlag Ehrlich & Sohn''. ...
'' and Vera Tschechowa,
Elvis Presley met Vera and asked if he could accompany her home, which offer was negatively received by Ada.
Ada died in the
Lufthansa Flight 005
Lufthansa Flight 005 was a scheduled flight en route from Frankfurt to Hamburg with a stopover in Bremen. The aircraft crashed just beyond the runway in Bremen just before 19:00 on 28 January 1966, in a go-around after an aborted landing. All o ...
accident near
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
, Germany, in 1966 aged 49 and was buried at
Friedhof Gräfelfing,
Gräfelfing near
Munich.
Selected filmography
* ''
With the Eyes of a Woman
''With the Eyes of a Woman'' (German: ''Mit den Augen einer Frau'') is a 1942 German drama film directed by Karl Georg Külb and starring Ada Tschechowa, Olga Tschechowa and Gustav Fröhlich.Bock & Bergfelder p.485
The film's sets were designed b ...
'' (1942)
References
* Renata Helker / German Theater Museum: ''The Chekhov. Ways to Modernity''.
Berlin, 2005
Notes
Citations
External links
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Autogram cardImages of Ada Tschechowa
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1916 births
1966 deaths
German film actresses
Actresses from Moscow
Soviet emigrants to Germany
Russian film actresses
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Germany
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1966