Fania Marinoff

Fania Marinoff (; ) (March 20, 1890 – November 17, 1971) was an Russian-American actress.

Early life
Marinoff was born in Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). She married Carl Van Vechten in 1914. They had met two years earlier, and their marriage lasted over 50 years until Van Vechten's death.New York Review of Books Thumbnail Bio "Carl Van Vechten"

Career
She played supporting and lead roles in dozens of Broadway plays between 1903 and 1937, and eight U.S. silent movies between 1914 and 1917.

Death
She died in 1971 in Englewood, New Jersey from pneumonia, aged 81.

Some of her movies
 The Unsuspected Isles (1915)
 McTeague (1916)
 The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917)

References

Other websites


 Internet Broadway Database
 Photo 
portrait gallery  (NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)

Category:1890 births
Category:1971 deaths
Category:American silent movie actors
Category:Deaths from pneumonia
Category:Infectious disease deaths in New Jersey
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Actors from Odesa
Category:Russian movie actors