Vera Chekhova is the daughter of the actress Ada Chekhova, and of the physician Dr. Wilhelm Rust. Her grandmother, the actress Olga Chekhova, your great-great uncle, the Russian writer Anton Chekhov is. Vera Chekhova grew up in Berlin. After school, she briefly attended the Academy of art to become a stage designer, decided then however for the acting profession, and took lessons with Anne-Marie Hanschke and Ernst Fritz Fürbringer in Munich, as well as in the case of Marlise Ludwig in Berlin. In 1957 she made her debut Erhardt in the Heinz-movie-a widower with five daughters.
Up in the Nineties in followed in Film and television more
50 roles. In 1962 she received for her role as Ulla Wickwebe in the
Rex Gildo's songs and musicals made him very popular. His best-known song was "Fiesta Mexicana" from 1972. Rosa von Praunheim tells the story of his life in the context of the gay pride movement, the normative pressures of the Schlager music industry, and ...
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