- She was godmother to First Lady Nancy Reagan (aka Nancy Davis) and aunt to producer Val Lewton.
- With her film career flourishing, she bought an imposing California Spanish home at 8080 Sunset Boulevard, building a pool and landscaping the property's 3-1/2 acres. Named The Garden of Alla, the location became popular with the Hollywood elite. Eventually she lost the property, and when it became a residential hotel renamed; The Garden of Allah, she lived in its' grounds, in villa 24, until she died.
- Breast-cancer survivor.
- Considered the supreme interpreter of Henrik Ibsen of her day.
- Broadway's 39th Street Playhouse was originally known as The Nazimova Theater.
- Known during her heyday simply as "Nazimova".
- She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- She was taught English in six months by actress Caroline Harris, mother of silent screen star Richard Barthelmess.
- First student of Konstantin Stanislavski to star on the American stage and screen.
- She made $100,000 touring in "War Brides" and an additional $60,000 for the film version.
- In 1927, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
- Stage actress and screenwriter.
- Resided on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and North Crescent Heights Boulevard in what is now West Hollywood.
- Born to a Jewish family in Yalta, Ukraine.
- Liked to play dual-roles such as in The Red Lantern (1919).
- The Brat (1919) was the first time Nazimova played an American character either on stage or screen.
- Her partner was Charles Bryant (1912-1925).
- Alla Nazimova made her debut in a movie about the World First War and her last movie about the Second World War.
- Following her death, she was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, in the Whispering Pines section.
- In 1892, she studied dramatics at the Conservatory at Odessa.
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