Olga chekhova biography
Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova, known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress.
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Olga Leonardovna (Knipper) Knipper-Chekhova (1868 - 1959)
OlgaLeonardovnaKnipper-Chekhova formerly Knipper
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov — married 25 May 1901 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Olga was born in 1868.
She is the daughter of Leonhardt August Knipper and Anna Ivanovna von Saltza.
She married the playwright and author, Anton Chekhov in 1901.
Olga was a noted stage actress, and is among the original 39 members of the Moscow Art Theatre formed by Konstantin Stanislavski in 1898.
Her notable roles were in her husbands works including Arkadina in The Seagull (1898), Elena in the Moscow premiere of Uncle Vanya (1899), and was the first to play Masha in Three Sisters (190