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Nazimova

American  
[nuh-zim-uh-vuh, nuh-zyee-muh-vuh] / nəˈzɪm ə və, nʌˈzyi mə və /

noun

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


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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Next came servants; glamorous friends like Alla Nazimova, Carole Lombard, and Greta Garbo; a villa in West Adams; a beachfront mansion on the swanky Gold Coast, and a 13-acre estate in the Pacific Palisades.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2021

One of them later wrote, “The first time I wanted to become a playwright was when I saw Nazimova in ‘Ghosts.’”

From New York Times • May 28, 2020

Conversely, Rudolph Valentino was tweaked to his peak by the lesbian couple Alla Nazimova and Natacha Rambova, the latter of whom happened to be his wife.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2016

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

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith