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Maria Ouspenskaya

Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (died 1949)

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Born
July 29, 1876
Died
December 3, 1949
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1876

About Maria Ouspenskaya

Maria Alekseyevna Ouspenskaya was a Russian actress and acting teacher. She achieved success as a stage actress as a young woman in Russia, and as an older woman in Hollywood films. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dodsworth (1936) and Love Affair (1939). Ouspenskaya is the first Russian actress to be nominated for an Oscar. Her first Hollywood role was in Dodsworth (1936), earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and making her the first Russian actress to be nominated for an Oscar.

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Maria Ouspenskaya timeline

  1. Her first Hollywood role was in Dodsworth (1936), earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and making her the first Russian actress to be nominated for an Oscar.
  2. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Dodsworth (1936) and Love Affair (1939).

The world when Maria Ouspenskaya was born

Maria Ouspenskaya was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

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Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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