
Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaughter of Russian-born actors Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov; her great-great-uncle was the famous playwright Anton Chekhov. She became known as “The Girl with the Cat Eyes” after starring in Eugen York's film of the same name. Tschechowa began her career in film and theater in the late 1950s, making her screen debut in 1957. She appeared in over 90 film and television productions, earning critical recognition for roles such as Ulla Wickweber in Das Brot der frühen Jahre. In addition to acting, she co-founded Atossa Filmproduktion in 1980 and later focused on directing documentaries and television portraits of notable figures from politics and the arts. Her autobiography Überwiegend heiter: Mein ziemlich bewegtes Leben was published in 2022.

Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970

A Case For Two
TV • 1981

NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979

Riverboat
TV • 1992

Der Fahnder
TV • 1984

Wolffs Revier
TV • 1992

Dalli Dalli
TV • 1971

Dalli Dalli
TV • 1971

Peter Strohm
TV • 1989

Cliff Dexter
TV • 1966

Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
TV • 1972

The Illegal
TV • 1972

Interpol
TV • 1963

The First Circle
MOVIE • 1973

The Bread of Those Early Years
MOVIE • 1962

Cold Blood
MOVIE • 1975

Love at Twenty
MOVIE • 1962

Freddy unter fremden Sternen
MOVIE • 1959