Maria Ouspenskaya was a Russian stage and screen actress, in America from 1922, performing, in the States, first on Broadway, later, from 1936, in Hollywood film supporting roles. In 1929 she founded the School of Dramatic Art in New York City.

Filmography

• 1949A Kiss in the Dark — Mme. Karina
• 1947Wyoming — Maria
• 1946I've Always Loved You — Madame Goronoff
• 1945Tarzan and the Amazons — Amazon Queen
• 1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man — Maleva the Gypsy
• 1942Kings Row — Madame von Eln
• 1942The Mystery of Marie Roget — Madame Cecile Roget
• 1941The Shanghai Gesture — The Amah
• 1941The Wolf Man — Maleva
• 1940Beyond Tomorrow — Madame Tanya
• 1940Dance, Girl, Dance — Madame Basilova
• 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet — Franziska Speyer
• 1940The Man I Married — Frau Gerhardt
• 1940The Mortal Storm — Mrs. Breitner
• 1940Waterloo Bridge — Madame Olga Kirowa
• 1939Judge Hardy and Son — Judith Volduzzi
• 1939Love Affair — Grandmother
• 1939The Rains Came — Maharani
• 1937Conquest — la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
• 1936Dodsworth — Baroness Von Obersdorf
• 1917Flowers Belated — Matchmaker

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' — Self (archive footage)