Aleksandra Sergeyevna Khokhlova (born Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina,
Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð° Сергеевна Хохлова, 4
November 1897 â€" 22 August 1985) was a Russian actress, theatre
director, writer, and educator.The daughter of Sergei Botkin
(1859â€"1910), a physician, and Alexandra Pavlovna Botkina (née.
Tretyakova, 1867â€"1959), Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina was born in
Berlin, in what was then the German Empire. She had a sister,
Anastasia, and was the granddaughter of Pavel Tretyakov, a
philanthropist and patron of the arts. In 1914, she married actor
Konstantin Khokhlov. They had one child together, a son named
Sergei.She appeared as a supporting actress in the 1916 film Uragan
(Hurricane) directed by Boris Sushkevich and in the 1918 film Iola
directed by Władysław Starewicz. In 1919, she passed the entrance
exam for the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. There she
met Lev Kuleshov who would become her partner in film and in life.
Khokhlova appeared in the 1920 film Na krasnom fronte (On the Red
Front) directed by Kuleshov; he also acted in the film, which combined
archival footage with staged film sequences. Khokhlova's career in
film was cut short when she fell out of favour because of her family's
wealth and connections with Tsar Nicholas II.Besides acting and
directing, Khokhlova also taught a workshop at the state institute
with Kuleshov. In 1935, she was named a Merited Artist of the Russian
Federation.
Russian: Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð° Сергеевна Хохлова, 4
November 1897 â€" 22 August 1985) was a Russian actress, theatre
director, writer, and educator.The daughter of Sergei Botkin
(1859â€"1910), a physician, and Alexandra Pavlovna Botkina (née.
Tretyakova, 1867â€"1959), Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina was born in
Berlin, in what was then the German Empire. She had a sister,
Anastasia, and was the granddaughter of Pavel Tretyakov, a
philanthropist and patron of the arts. In 1914, she married actor
Konstantin Khokhlov. They had one child together, a son named
Sergei.She appeared as a supporting actress in the 1916 film Uragan
(Hurricane) directed by Boris Sushkevich and in the 1918 film Iola
directed by Władysław Starewicz. In 1919, she passed the entrance
exam for the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. There she
met Lev Kuleshov who would become her partner in film and in life.
Khokhlova appeared in the 1920 film Na krasnom fronte (On the Red
Front) directed by Kuleshov; he also acted in the film, which combined
archival footage with staged film sequences. Khokhlova's career in
film was cut short when she fell out of favour because of her family's
wealth and connections with Tsar Nicholas II.Besides acting and
directing, Khokhlova also taught a workshop at the state institute
with Kuleshov. In 1935, she was named a Merited Artist of the Russian
Federation.
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