Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Ouspenskaya, Maria, 1876-1949
- Abstract:
- Maria Ouspenskaya (1876-1949) performed on Broadway and ran a New York acting school before going to Hollywood, California (1936). The collection consists of scripts, reviews, publicity material, and photographs related to Maria Ouspenskaya and her acting career, the Moscow Art Theater, and the Greenwich Village Theater in New York.
- Extent:
- 8 boxes (4 linear ft.) 1 oversize box
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of scripts, reviews, publicity material, and photographs related to Maria Ouspenskaya and her acting career. Also includes materials from when she was a member of the Moscow Art Theater and the Greenwich Village Theater in New York.
- Biographical / historical:
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Ouspenskaya was born July 29, 1876 in Tula, Russia; she came to the U.S. in 1923 with the Moscow Art Theater; performed on Broadway and ran a New York acting school before going to Hollywood, California, in 1936; films include: Dodsworth (1936), Conquest (1937), Love affair (1939), Dr. Ehrlich's magic bullet (1940), The wolf man (1941), Kings row (1942), Frankenstein meets the wolf man (1943), I've always loved you (1946), and A kiss in the dark (1949); she died in 1949.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Elizabeth C. McKeen, 1952.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988