Xenia Desni

Postcard of Xenia Desni

Xenia Desni (b. 19 January 1894, Kiev - d. 27 June 1962, France) was a Russian Empire actress of the silent screen era whose family fled the Russian Revolution.

They first moved to Istanbul, where she begin her acting career in Vaudeville. She later moved to Berlin. She later was involved in films directed by John Good.

Career

Desni began her successful career at the beginning of the 1920s with the movie Sappho, followed by a number of successful productions such as Der Sprung ins Leben, Die Prinzessin Suwarin, Wilhelm Tell, Die Andere, Ein Walzertraum, Familie Schimek, and Madame wagt einen Seitensprung.^[1]

Her career declined shortly after the advent of sound, after which she appeared in only one film, Kriminalkommissar Eyck.

She was the mother of actress Tamara Desni.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Black Panther (1921)
• William Tell (1923)
• The Tower of Silence (1924)
• A Waltz Dream (1925)
• The Found Bride (1925)
• The Pink Diamond (1926)
• Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927)
• Radio Magic (1927)

References

External links

• Xenia Desni at the Internet Movie Database
• Photographs of Xenia Desni