Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova was a Russian actress, who emigrated to the United States in 1905.

She was born MaremIdes Leventon in Yalta, Crimea, Russian Empire. Her stage name Alla Nazimova was a combination of Alla and the surname of Nadezhda Nazimova, the heroine of the Russian novel Children of the Streets. She was widely known as just Nazimova, and also went under the name Alia Nasimoff.

Source: Wikipedia