Stella Arbenina

Stella Arbenina (geborene Stella Zoe Whishaw, verheiratete Stella Zoe Meyendorff; * 27. September 1885 in Sankt Petersburg, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 26. April 1976 in London, England) war eine anglo-russische Schauspielerin.

Leben

Stella Arbenina wurde in St. Petersburg in eine anglo-russische Familie geboren, die schon seit mehreren Generationen in Russland lebte.^[1] Sie war verwandt mit Montague Law Whishaw (geb. 1890)^[2] und James Whishaw, einem britischen Geschäftsmann in Sankt Petersburg, der seine Memoiren unter dem Titel A history of the Whishaw family in London im Jahre 1935 veröffentlichte.^[3]

1907 heiratete sie Baron Paul von Meyendorff, Captain der Horse Guards und Aide-de-camp bei Nikolaus II. und später Colonel in dessen militärischen Sekretariat. Arbenina und Meyendorff hatten drei Kinder.^[4]

Während der Russischen Revolution litt die Familie sehr unter den Bolschewiki.^[4] Ihre Besitztümer wurden beschlagnahmt und sie wurden interniert. Durch die Bemühungen des deutsch-baltischen Ausschusses wurden sie aus dem Gefängnis entlassen und schließlich gestattete man ihnen, Russland Ende des Jahres 1918 zu verlassen. Daraufhin ließen sich kurz in Estland nieder, wo sie auf einem Überrest ihres Familienbesitzes lebte. Von 1921 bis 1922 spielte Arbenina in Theaternin Tallinn und Tartu und auch in Berlin. Im Jahr 1923 ging sie mit den Kindern nach London, wo sie dauerhaft wohnt. Dort trat sie auf Bühnen und im Film auf.

Im Jahr 1930 veröffentlichte sie ihre Memoiren, Through Terror to Freedom, die ihre Erfahrungen während der russischen Revolution beschreibt. Sie starb 90-jährig in London.

Filmografie

1922: Der brennende Acker
1922: Die Flucht in die Ehe. Der große Flirt
1922: Miss Rockefeller filmt
1923: Das Geheimnis der Herzogin
1923: Der Frauenkönig
1923: Der Geldteufel
1923: Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt
1925: The Last Witness
1925: The Secret Kingdom
1927: A Woman Redeemed
1931: Bracelets
1931: Stamboul
1934: Colonel Blood
1934: What Happened Then?
1935: Crime Unlimited
1937: Fine Feathers
1937: Merry Comes to Town
1938: Murder in the Family
1939: Magyar Melody
1939: The Outsider
1939: Träumende Augen

Weblinks

Stella Arbenina bei IMDb
Stella Arbenina bei filmportal.de

Einzelnachweise

↑ James Whishaw: A history of the Whishaw family. Methuen & Co., London 1935, „When I went to live permanently in St. Petersburg, the firm of Hills & Whishaw was much the oldest firm in that City — my father had his first training in the firm of which his father was senior partner. But when he was 21 or 22 years old, he determined to build up a business of his own and went to Archangel. There he succeeded very well and had become fairly well off when the approaching shadow of the Crimean War and the death of his little daughter Emily from whooping- cough determined him to take his family to England. In January 1854.“
↑ Howard Cox: The global cigarette. Origins and evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880–1945. Oxford University Press, Oxford u. a. 2000, ISBN 0-19-829221-X, „These early developments by BAT Co. in South America were supervised by Montague Law Whishaw, a British subject who had been born in St Petersburg and recruited by BAT Co. in Russia during 1912 at the age of 22.“
↑ Thomas C. Owen: The Corporation under Russian Law, 1800 - 1917. A Study in Tsarist Economic Policy. 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 2002, ISBN 0-521-52944-1, „A vivid example of his use of intimidation appears in the memoirs of a prominent British merchant in Petersburg, James Whishaw, who managed the Russian affairs of numerous London businessmen. Whishaw earned a sizable income sizable income leasing land for petroleum drilling operations carried out in Baku by English companies. Since he had taken Russian citizenship, the onerous restrictions on foreigners, especially the need to obtain permission from the Ministry.“
↑ ^a ^b Stella Zoe Whishaw Meyendorff: Through terror to freedom. The dramatic story of an English woman's life and adventures in Russia before, during & after the revolution. Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London 1929.

Personendaten
NAME	Arbenina, Stella
ALTERNATIVNAMEN	Whishaw, Stella Zoe (Geburtsname); Meyendorff, Stella Zoe
KURZBESCHREIBUNG	anglo-russische Schauspielerin
GEBURTSDATUM	27. September 1885
GEBURTSORT	Sankt Petersburg, Russisches Kaiserreich
STERBEDATUM	26. April 1976
STERBEORT	London, England

[1] James Whishaw: A history of the Whishaw family. Methuen & Co., London 1935, „When I went to live permanently in St. Petersburg, the firm of Hills & Whishaw was much the oldest firm in that City — my father had his first training in the firm of which his father was senior partner. But when he was 21 or 22 years old, he determined to build up a business of his own and went to Archangel. There he succeeded very well and had become fairly well off when the approaching shadow of the Crimean War and the death of his little daughter Emily from whooping- cough determined him to take his family to England. In January 1854.“

[2] Howard Cox: The global cigarette. Origins and evolution of British American Tobacco, 1880–1945. Oxford University Press, Oxford u. a. 2000, ISBN 0-19-829221-X, „These early developments by BAT Co. in South America were supervised by Montague Law Whishaw, a British subject who had been born in St Petersburg and recruited by BAT Co. in Russia during 1912 at the age of 22.“

[3] Thomas C. Owen: The Corporation under Russian Law, 1800 - 1917. A Study in Tsarist Economic Policy. 1st paperback edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 2002, ISBN 0-521-52944-1, „A vivid example of his use of intimidation appears in the memoirs of a prominent British merchant in Petersburg, James Whishaw, who managed the Russian affairs of numerous London businessmen. Whishaw earned a sizable income sizable income leasing land for petroleum drilling operations carried out in Baku by English companies. Since he had taken Russian citizenship, the onerous restrictions on foreigners, especially the need to obtain permission from the Ministry.“

[Schubiddubdidu-4] Stella Zoe Whishaw Meyendorff: Through terror to freedom. The dramatic story of an English woman's life and adventures in Russia before, during & after the revolution. Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London 1929.

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