Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/3/1908
Place of Birth
Kiev, Russian Empire [now Kyiv, Ukraine]
Also Known As
Anna Petrivna FesakГанна Фесак
Anna Sten
Biography
Anna Sten (Ukrainian: А́нна Стен; born Anna Petrivna Fesak) was a Ukrainian-born American actress. She began her career in stage plays and films in the Soviet Union before traveling to Germany, where she starred in several films. Her performances were noticed by film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who brought her to the United States with the aim of creating a new screen personality to rival Greta Garbo. After a few unsuccessful films, Goldwyn released her from her contract. She continued to act occasionally until her final film appearance in 1962.
Known For
Runaway Daughters
as Ruth Barton
Nana
as Nana
Chetniks!
as Lubitca Mihailovitch
The Nun and the Sergeant
as Sister Mary Joseph
We Live Again
as Katusha Maslova
The Wedding Night
as Manya Novak
So Ends Our Night
as Lilo
Exile Express
as Nadine Nikolas
The White Eagle
as Governess
The Eternal Jew
as Gruschenka (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man I Married
as Frieda
Bookkeeper Kremke
as Lene, Kremkes ältere Tochter
Let's Live a Little
as Michele Bennett
They Came to Blow Up America
as Frau Reiter
Golden Beak
as Varyenka
The Yellow Ticket
as Maria, young farmer's wife
Soldier of Fortune
as Madame Dupree
The Murderer Dmitri Karamazov
as Gruschenka
The Tempest
as Russen-Annya
Trapeze
as Marina