Fania Marinoff
Fania Marinoff (Russian: Фаня Маринов; Yiddish: פאַניאַ מאַרינאָוו) (March 20, 1890 – November 17, 1971) was an Russian-American actress.
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.jpg) Fania Marinoff by Arnold Genthe, 1913 | |
| Born | March 20, 1890 |
| Died | November 17, 1971 (aged 81) |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Carl Van Vechten (1914-1964) |
Early life
Marinoff was born in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). She married Carl Van Vechten in 1914. They had met two years earlier, and their marriage lasted over 50 years until Van Vechten's death.[1][2]
Career
She played supporting and lead roles in dozens of Broadway plays between 1903 and 1937, and eight U.S. silent movies between 1914 and 1917.
Death
She died in 1971 in Englewood, New Jersey from pneumonia, aged 81.
Some of her movies
- The Unsuspected Isles (1915)
- McTeague (1916)
- The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917)
References
- ↑ New York Review of Books Thumbnail Bio "Carl Van Vechten"
- ↑ Van Vechten, Carl (2003). Kellner, Bruce (ed.). The Splendid Drunken Twenties: Selections from the Daybooks, 1922-30. University of Illinois Press. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-252-02848-1.
Other websites
Media related to Fania Marinoff at Wikimedia Commons
- Fania Marinoff on IMDb
- Internet Broadway Database
- Photo Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- portrait gallery (NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)