Maria Ouspenskaya net worth is
$1.5 Million
Maria Ouspenskaya Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya (Russian: ????? ??e?cee??a ?????????; July 29, 1876 – December 3, 1949) was a Russian actress and acting teacher. She achieved success as a stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an elderly woman in Hollywood films. | Net Worth | $1.5 Million |
| Date Of Birth | July 29, 1876 |
| Died | 1949-12-03 |
| Place Of Birth | Tula, Russian Empire [now Russia] |
| Height | 5' 1½" (1.56 m) |
| Occupation | Acting teacher |
| Profession | Actress, Soundtrack |
| Nicknames | Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya, Maria Ouspenskaya, Ouspenskaya, Maria, Ouspenskaya, Maria Alekseyevna |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| # | Trademark |
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| 1 | Wizen, old vaguely European women who hold some authority |
| 2 | Perhaps best known for her role as Maleva the Gypsy in The Wolf Man (1941) and _Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)_. |
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| 1 | Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen. |
| 2 | In 1936 she became the first actress, tied with Gale Sondergaard, of currently 53 actresses to receive an Oscar nomination for their film debut. She was nominated Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Dodsworth (1936). |
| 3 | Her gravestone at Forest Lawn Cemetery gives her year of birth as 1887, instead of the correct year of 1876. |
| 4 | Co-founder of the American Laboratory Theater with the Polish actor/film director Richard Boleslawski, she was the first Russian actor from the Moscow Art Theatre to teach the Stanislavski Method in the United States. Her methods greatly influenced her young students Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman, founders the Group Theater (1931-1940). Strasberg first practiced his very personal variation of the system, now known as "The Method," with the Group actors Stella Adler, Luther Adler, Sanford Meisner, Elia Kazan, Clifford Odets, Franchot Tone, Morris Carnovsky, John Garfield and Robert Lewis. Adler went on to teach Marlon Brando; Meisner taught Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton; Lewis taught Meryl Streep. What the world knows as the psychologically realistic American acting style can be traced back to the enduring influence of Madame Ouspenskaya. |
| 5 | Is portrayed by Celia Lovsky in Harlow (1965) |
| 6 | Taught acting at New York's American Laboratory Theatre in the 20s until forming her own acting school, the Maria Ouspenskaya School of Dramatic Arts, in 1929. She moved the studio to Hollywood in the late 30s when her film career began to flourish. Some of her more famous students included John Garfield and acting gurus Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. |
| 7 | An actor/instructor with Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre beginning in 1911, she toured throughout Europe during the Communist Revolution and appeared in over 100 plays. When the company departed for Moscow after a tour in the United States, she remained behind. |
| 8 | Studied opera in both Warsaw and Moscow but switched acting and began studying at the Adasheff's School of Drama at the age of 30. |
| 9 | She received two supporting Oscar nominations, for the films Dodsworth (1936) and Love Affair (1939). She appeared in the former for only four minutes and in the latter, a total of ten minutes. |
| 10 | She died of a stroke three days after a lit cigarette set fire to her bed. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| A Kiss in the Dark | 1949 | | Mme. Karina |
| Wyoming | 1947 | | Maria (as Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya) |
| I've Always Loved You | 1946 | | Madame Goronoff (as Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya) |
| Tarzan and the Amazons | 1945 | | Amazon Queen (as Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya) |
| Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | 1943 | | Maleva |
| Mystery of Marie Roget | 1942 | | Mme. Cecile Roget |
| Kings Row | 1942 | | Madame von Eln |
| The Shanghai Gesture | 1941 | | The Amah |
| The Wolf Man | 1941 | | Maleva |
| Dance, Girl, Dance | 1940 | | Madame Lydia Basilova |
| The Man I Married | 1940 | | Frau Gerhardt |
| The Mortal Storm | 1940 | | Mrs. Hilda Breitner |
| Waterloo Bridge | 1940 | | Madame Olga Kirowa |
| Beyond Tomorrow | 1940 | | Madam Tanya |
| Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | 1940 | | Franziska Speyer |
| Judge Hardy and Son | 1939 | | Mrs. Judith Volduzzi |
| The Rains Came | 1939 | | Maharani |
| Love Affair | 1939 | | Grandmother |
| Conquest | 1937 | | Countess Pelagia Walewska |
| Dodsworth | 1936 | | Baroness Von Obersdorf (as Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya) |
| Tanka-traktirshchitsa | 1929 | Short | |
| Khveska | 1920 | Short | Med. assistant's wife |
| Tsvety zapozdalye | 1917 | Short | The matchmaker (as Mariya Uspenskaya) |
| Nichtozhniye | 1916 | Short | |
| Sverchok na pechi | 1915 | Short as Mariya Uspenskaya | |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Love Affair | 1939 | performer: "Plaisir d'Amour" 1775 - uncredited | |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival | 1940 | Documentary short | Herself |
Archive Footage
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 1940 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Love Affair (1939) |
| 1937 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Dodsworth (1936) |
Known for movies
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