Background
Khokhlova, Aleksandra was born on November 4, 1897.
Khokhlova, Aleksandra was born on November 4, 1897.
Studied at the State Film School, 1919-1920. Studied at the State Film School, 1919-1920.
Entered the film industry, 1916. Appeared in small parts. Met the director Lev Kuleshov.
Married him. Became his pupil, 1920-1923. Appeared in Kuleshov’s adventure film Na KrasnomFrente. Best known in the West for Kuleshov’s comedy Neobychainye Prikliucheniia Mistera Vesta v Strane Bol’shevikov, 1924.
She appeared in nearly all Kuleshov’s (as well as in other directors’) films: Luch Smerti, Vasha Znakomaia, Sasha, and Igrushki. Taught at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Considered a great actress of the early period of the Soviet cinema.