Maria Ouspenskaya
Biography
Maria Ouspenskaya was a Russian stage and screen actress, in America from 1922, performing, in the States, first on Broadway, later, from 1936, in Hollywood film supporting roles. In 1929 she founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York City.
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Acting History
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
1949A Kiss in the Dark as Mme. Karina
1947Wyoming as Maria
1946I've Always Loved You as Madame Goronoff
1945Tarzan and the Amazons as Amazon Queen
1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as Maleva the Gypsy
1942The Mystery of Marie Roget as Madame Cecile Roget
1942Kings Row as Madame von Eln
1941The Shanghai Gesture as The Amah
1941The Wolf Man as Maleva
1940Dance, Girl, Dance as Madame Basilova
1940The Man I Married as Frau Gerhardt
1940The Mortal Storm as Mrs. Breitner
1940Waterloo Bridge as Madame Olga Kirowa
1940Beyond Tomorrow as Madame Tanya
1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Franziska Speyer
1939Judge Hardy and Son as Judith Volduzzi
1939The Rains Came as Maharani
1939Love Affair as Grandmother
1937Conquest as la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
1936Dodsworth as Baroness Von Obersdorf
1917Flowers Belated as Matchmaker