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- Birth nameNina Yasikova
- Nina Vanna was born on April 27, 1899 in Minsk, Belarus. She was an actress, known for Lady Jane Grey; Or, The Court of Intrigue (1923), Lucrezia Borgia; Or, Plaything of Power (1923) and The School for Scandal (1923). She died on November 8, 1953 in Battle, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Russian-born leading lady who fled her country during the October Revolution and subsequently starred in French and German films (often period dramas) in the 1920's.
- Just before beginning of filming of "The Man Without Desire", in which the actress played a young socialite, she was persuaded by Ivor Novello, appearing as a Venetian aristocrat, to change her name to "something that sounded less emetic".
- The actress Nina Vanna began her film career in England where she made her debut with "Scrooge" (23) as Alice.
- Vanna was married three times, first to Robert Kind from whom she was later divorced, secondly to film director Eric Hakim (1900-1967), who she also divorced, and finally to an importer/exporter and art collector Peter Provatoroff from 1946 until her death in Banstead, Surrey, UK.
- She extended her field of activity to France and Germany from 1924.
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