Eugenie Leontovich

Eugenie Leontovich (born Yevgeniya Konstantinovna Leontovitch; ; March 21 or April 3, – April 2, 1993) was a Russian-American actress with a distinguished career in theatre, film and television, as well as a dramatist and acting teacher.

In an obituary, she was described as "ne of the most colourful figures of the 20th-century theatre, a successful actress, producer, playwright and teacher." She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for William Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers.

Broadway plays Leontovich made her Broadway debut in 1922 in Revue Russe, appearing with Gregory Ratoff, whom she married the following year. She appeared on Broadway in Bitter Oleander (1935), Dark Eyes (1943) which she co-wrote, and Obsession (1946). Her most notable role as the Dowager Empress in Anastasia (1954).

Filmography She appeared in a handful of films: Four Sons (1940), The Men in Her Life (1941), Anything Can Happen (1952), The World in His Arms (1952), The Rains of Ranchipur (1955) and Homicidal (1961). She also appeared in two episodes of the television series Naked City, once opposite Viveca Lindfors, her former Anastasia co-star and a personal friend. Despite being more than two decades Lindfors's senior, Leontovich predeceased her by only two years.

Year Title Role Notes1940 Four Sons Frau Bern 1941 The Men in Her Life Marie 1952 Anything Can Happen Anna Godiedze 1952 The World in His Arms Anna Selanova 1955 The Rains of Ranchipur Maharani 1961 Homicidal Helga Swenson