Nazimova

[nuh-zim-uh-vuh, nuh-zyee-muh-vuh]

noun

1. Alla 1879–1945, Russian actress in the U.S.

Example Sentences

That pool reportedly was shaped like the Black Sea, in which Nazimova swam as a child, just as I had a century later.

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Cutting classes in order to beg directors for roles, Wong began her career as an extra in Alla Nazimova's 1919 classic film about China's Boxer Rebellion, "The Red Lantern."

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In the early 20th century two rather directionless young American men separately saw a now scarcely remembered actress named Alla Nazimova in plays by Henrik Ibsen.

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That past fall she had seen a movie she liked: War Brides with Nazimova.

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The oval pool, which Nazimova had made in the shape of the Black Sea, became a watering hole for Los Angeles’ bohemian intelligentsia.

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