Originally posted in 2009. One of the great actresses of the early twentieth century, Nazimova was also one of vaudeville's great sensationalists. She was born Mariam Edez Adelaida "Alla" Leventon in Yalta on this day in 1879. As a child she had studied the violin, but fear of her stern father prevented her from formal […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:19AM on May 22, 2013