Olga Leonardovna Knipper (1869-1959) was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre, when the latter was formed by Konstantin Stanislavsky in 1898. She was the first to play Arkadina in The Seagull (1898), Masha in The Three Sisters, and Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1904). The author of these plays was Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, who had married her in 1901. Knipper-Chekhova played Ranevskaya again in 1943, when the theatre marked the 300th performance of The Cherry Orchard. German actress Olga Tchechowa was her niece. 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1897 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. ... Konstantin (Constantin) Stanislavski (Константи́н Серге́евич Станисла́вский / Алексе́ев) (January 5, 1863 - August 7, 1938) was a Russian theatre and acting innovator. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhovs four major plays. ... There are several meanings of Three Sisters. ... The Cherry Orchard is Anton Chekhovs last play. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (born January 29, 1860 (Jan. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Olga Tchechowa Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova or Tchechowa (1897, Tbilisi-1980, Berlin) was a Russian actress who made a stunning career in the cinema of the Third Reich. ...
Olga was indeed involved in a dangerous game and she needed all the allies she could find.
Olga was even provided with a pistol which she used to shoot at drunken Soviet soldiers who tried to steal her car.
Lev was certainly prepared to sacrifice himself but Olga must have been deeply shaken when she was brought back to Moscow in 1945 and discovered that Beria's NKVD had been ready to sacrifice her and the whole of her family as well.
Olga Chekhova was born in the Caucasus in 1898, where her father, Konstantin Knipper, directed the Tsarist railway system.
Olga described it as a "small, utterly primitive little place, which one would only take for the shortest possible time." She distracted herself by painting while Misha, when reasonably sober, played tennis at a nearby court with a succession of girlfriends, one of whom would become his second wife.
Olga suffered a nervous collapse soon after the birth, presumably a form of post-natal depression exacerbated by the state of her marriage.
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