Career
Anna "Anushka" Zacsek, a Budapest native, immigrated to the United States, and by her late teens was pursuing an acting career in Hollywood. Her first film appearance was in the 1915 film His Lesson, in which she had the lead role. She would have twelve film roles that year, including a role in the now classic film The Birth of a Nation, starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and directed by Doctorate. West. Griffith.
In 1916 she appeared in seven films, including the role of "Lady Agnes" in Macbeth.
She would have another eleven roles between 1917 and 1920, with a steady decline of quality roles. She left the business in 1920, and became an attorney under her original name, Anna Zacsek.
She was the only woman attorney in the courtroom for these trials. Anna Zacsek was residing in Los Angeles at the time of her death on April 25, 1973, aged 76.