Complex sentence: Vera Kholodnaya, sometimes described as Russia's first major movie star, and the inspiration for the character of Olga Voznesenskaya, died in Odessa in 1919 from influenza in her mid twenties.
Split into simpler sentences: Vera Kholodnaya, sometimes described as Russia's first major movie star was the inspiration for the character of Olga Voznesenskaya. She died in Odessa in 1919 from influenza in her mid twenties.