Maria Ouspenskaya
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Maria Ouspenskaya was a Russian-born actress and singer who had a long and successful career in theatre, film, and television. She studied singing at the Warsaw Conservatory and acting at Adasheff's School of the Drama in Moscow, and later joined the Moscow Art Theatre. She came to America with the Art Theatre in 1922 and, upon their return to Moscow, defected to the US to become a Broadway actress. She founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York in 1929 and accepted her first Hollywood film, Dodsworth (1936). She appeared in six silent movies in Russia earlier in her career and over two dozen films in Hollywood. She was known for her superior demeanor and addiction to astrology, and was featured in prestigious A-pictures and B-movies. She is especially notable for having appeared in The Wolf Man (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). She died of a stroke in 1949 after suffering massive burns from a lit cigarette.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day July 29, 1876
Age 143 YEARS OLD
Died On December 3, 1949(1949-12-03) (aged 73)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Leo
Occupation Actress Acting teacher
Years active 1915–1949

💰 Net worth

Maria Ouspenskaya, famously known as an actress and soundtrack artist, was born in 1876. In 2024, her net worth is estimated to be between $100,000 and $1 million. Throughout her career, Ouspenskaya showcased her remarkable talent and versatility, captivating audiences with her memorable performances. She made significant contributions to the entertainment industry, leaving a lasting legacy. Despite her passing in 1949, her work continues to be appreciated, and her net worth serves as a testament to her successful career.

Famous Quotes:

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Biography/Timeline

1922

The Moscow Art Theatre traveled widely throughout Europe, and when it arrived in New York City in 1922, Ouspenskaya decided to stay there. She performed regularly on Broadway over the next decade. She taught acting at the American Laboratory Theatre and in 1929, together with Richard Boleslawski, her colleague from the Moscow Art Theatre, she founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York City. One of Ouspenskaya's students at the school during this period was Anne Baxter, then an unknown teenager.

1930

Although she had appeared in a few Russian silent films many years earlier, Ouspenskaya stayed away from Hollywood until her school's financial problems forced her to look for ways to repair her finances. According to ads from Popular Song magazine in the 1930s, around this time Ouspenskaya also opened the Maria Ouspenskaya School of Dance on Vine Street in Los Angeles. Her pupils included Marge Champion, the model for Disney's Snow White.

1936

In spite of her marked Russian accent, she did find work in Hollywood, playing European characters of various national origins. Her first Hollywood role was in Dodsworth (1936), which brought her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. (Her onscreen appearance in that film was one of the briefest ever to garner a nomination.) She received a second Oscar nomination for her role in Love Affair (1939).

1941

She portrayed Maleva, an old Gypsy fortuneteller in the horror films The Wolf Man (1941) and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). Other films in which she appeared were: The Rains Came (1939), Waterloo Bridge (1940), Beyond Tomorrow (1940), Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), The Mortal Storm (1940), Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), and Kings Row (1942).

1961

In Season One's "What's in a Middle Name?" episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show", (1961-1965), characters Sally Rogers and Buddy Sorrell have an animated discussion of baby names, as follows:

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