Aleksandra Khokhlova


Aleksandra Sergeyevna Khokhlova was a Russian actress, theatre director, writer, and educator.

Life

The daughter of Sergei Botkin, a physician, and Alexandra Pavlovna Botkina, Alexandra Sergeyevna Botkina was born in Berlin, in what was then the German Empire. She had a sister, Anastasia, and was the granddaughter of Pavel Tretyakov, a philanthropist and patron of the arts. In 1914, she married actor. She appeared as a supporting actress in the 1916 film Uragan directed by Boris Sushkevich and in the 1918 film Iola directed by Władysław Starewicz. In 1919, she passed the entrance exam for the State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. There she met Lev Kuleshov who would become her partner in film and in life. Khokhlova appeared in the 1920 film Na krasnom fronte directed by Kuleshov; he also acted in the film, which combined archival footage with staged film sequences. Khokhlova's career in film was cut short when she fell out of favour because of her family's wealth and connections with Tsar Nicholas II.
Besides acting and directing, Khokhlova also taught a workshop at the state institute with Kuleshov. In 1935, she was named a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.
With her husband, she published a memoir 50 Let v Kino.
Khokhlova died in Moscow at the age of 87.

Selected filmography

Acting roles