Nina Vanna
Nina Vanna | |
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Nina Vanna and Ivor Novello in "The Man Without Desire" | |
| Born | Nina Yazykova 27 September 1899 |
| Died | 8 November 1953 (aged 54) Battle, East Sussex, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1923–1937 |
Nina Kind Hakim Provatoroff, known by her stage name of Nina Vanna (née Yazykova; 27 September 1899 – 8 November 1953), was a Russian-born British film actress who appeared in a number of silent films during the 1920s.
She sometimes played in historical dramas, playing Lady Jane Grey in the first of three film versions of her life (Lady Jane Grey; Or, the Court of Intrigue) and Lucrezia Borgia in what may be the first of several versions.
Vanna was married three times, first to Robert Kind from whom she was later divorced, secondly to film director Eric Hakim (1900–1967), whom she also divorced, and finally to an importer/exporter and art collector Peter Provatoroff from 1946 until her death in Banstead, Surrey, UK.