Vera Tschechowa

Vera Rust, known as Vera Tschechowa, was a German producer, director, screenwriter, and actress of Russian descent. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1957 and 1996. She was widely known as Elvis Presley's companion, particularly in connection with his Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine public booster-advocacy and which they both undertook during Presley's first year in Germany with the U.S. Army.
Her mother, Ada Tschechowa, was the daughter of Michael Chekhov and Olga Chekhova. Vera's name appeared, on 6 June 1971, as one of 28 women under the banner "We've had abortions!" on the cover page of the West German magazine Stern. In that issue, 374 women publicly stated that they had had pregnancies terminated, which at that time was illegal.
Vera Tschechowa died in Berlin on 3 April 2024, at the age of 83.

Selected filmography

Widower with Five Daughters The Doctor of Stalingrad, as TamaraAngel in a Taxi, as CamillaThe Muzzle ' My Ninety Nine Brides And That on Monday Morning, as Monika

', as Lisa RothThe Young Sinner, as CarolaThe Bread of Those Early Years, as Ulla WickweberLove at Twenty The Curse of the Hidden Vault, as Feder-Lissy', as Vera PaternyLiebe und so weiter, as Nina Michel
', as KristinaThe First Circle, as Clara', as CorinnaEuridice BA 2037, as EurydiceErika's Passions, as FranziskaThe Rider on the White Horse, as Vollina HardersPanic Time, as Frau Dr. WunderDesperado City, as HilkeThe Confessions of Felix Krull, as Maria PiaDies rigorose Leben, as Salka
', as Victoria', as GiselaTarot, as CharlotteEin Heim für Tiere, as Dr. Julia GessnerThe Post Office Girl, as Clara van BoolenFrei zum Abschuss, as Marthe Ruben
', as Elsa's Mother