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

Biography

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stage actress, Zimina served with the Women's Battalion of Death for three years. She was in a

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. The rest of her family were killed in the

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. She made her credited screen debut opposite

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'', followed by five more 1920s romantic melodramas. Zimina died of

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just before her last film was released.

Filmography

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Gerald Cranston's Lady ''Gerald Cranston's Lady'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring James Kirkwood Sr., James Kirkwood, Alma Rubens, and Walter McGrail. It is based on the Gerald Cranston's Lady (novel), novel of ...

'' (1924) (uncredited) * ''

'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1926) * ''

Rose of the Tenements ''Rose of the Tenements'' is a 1926 American silent melodrama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Shirley Mason, John Harron, and Evelyn Selbie, and was released on May 26, 1926. Cast list * Shirley Mason as Rosie Rossetti * John Harron as ...

'' (1926) * '' Many Scrappy Returns'' (1927) * ''

The Woman on Trial ''The Woman on Trial'' is a 1927 American silent film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play ''Confession'' by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for Param ...

'' (1927) * '' The Scarlet Lady'' (1928)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zimina, Valentina 1890s births 1953 deaths American silent film actresses American film actresses Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery Actresses from the Russian Empire White Russian emigrants to the United States Russian women of World War I 20th-century American actresses 20th-century Russian women