Xenia Desni

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.5473

Gender

Female

Birthday

19-Jan-1897

Age

(129 years old)

Place of Birth

Oster, Russian Empire

Also Known As
  • Ксенія Десні
  • Ксения Десни

Xenia Desni

Biography

Xenia Desni was an Ukrainian stage and screen actress. During the Russian Revolution her family fled first to Constantinople and later to Weimar/Germany. She started out as a vaudeville artist.


Credits

La Danseuse Orchidée La Danseuse Orchidée (1928) Character: Marise Laborde
Expressing post-war cultural internationalism, this silent film follows the mysterious Orchid and the man who loves her.
Die 3 Niemandskinder Die 3 Niemandskinder (1927) Character: Poldi
Austria during the final days of the Habsburg Empire. On a stormy night, an unconscious, heavily pregnant woman is found in the woods of Maxhausen. She is quickly taken to a forest cabin, where she gives birth to her baby shortly thereafter. She dies soon after. The woman was carrying a considerable amount of cash. The newborn is baptized Eva and placed in the care of the Maxhausen estate manager. Eva is six years old when the Archduchess moves into the castle with her children—a boy, Peperl, and a girl, Poldi. The two high-born children quickly become friends with Eva. World War I breaks out in 1914, bringing with it the primal catastrophe of the European continent.
Der Sprung ins Leben Der Sprung ins Leben (1924) Character: Idea
A young intellectual falls in love with a circus performer and decides to cultivate her into a lady and marry her. Eventually however she decides to return to her tightrope walker lover.
Pariserinnen Pariserinnen (1921) Character: N/A
Parisian Women (German: *Pariserinnen*) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Léo Lasko. Ressel Orla, Xenia Desni, and Ralph Arthur Roberts starred in the film. The film premiered at the Marmorhaus cinema in Berlin.
Die schwarze Pantherin Die schwarze Pantherin (1921) Character: Vera
Kornej is a young painter of primitivism. An art agent discover the works of Kornej and buy the whole collection. The art critic Moulin is very excited about Kornejs paintings and style. Kornej marries his childhood sweetheart Rita. They have a child that carries a mystic disease. Allt the money Kornej got from selling his collection is put into the care of the sick child. Rita leaves Kornej.
Kriminalkommissar Eyck Kriminalkommissar Eyck (1940) Character: N/A
A murder in a winter sports hotel jolts Inspector Eyck out of his cozy, relaxed holiday mood. He rushes to the scene, where he encounters crime writer Gorgas, who, as he says, conducts "crime scene studies." But this case isn't fiction, because a dead man lies on the ground. Eyck immediately begins his investigation, which initially yields little insight. And the prime suspect, Gorgas, also has a watertight alibi.
Der Turm des Schweigens Der Turm des Schweigens (1925) Character: Eva
Eva lives in the sinister Tower with her father, a mad inventor, and her grandfather. The aviator Wilfred Durian and his lovely wife live nearby in the town. But Durian's famous flight across the Australian desert was not all it seems... and when his 'dead' partner Arved Holl is rescued by Eva and comes to claim his former fiancée's hand, the whole house of cards is about to come tumbling down. Meanwhile, Eva's own family history is not quite as she had always believed...
Decameron Nights Decameron Nights (1924) Character: Lady Teodora
A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.
Ein Walzertraum Ein Walzertraum (1926) Character: Franzi Steingruber
Austrian actress Mady Christians stars alongside German matinee idol Willy Fritsch in this adaptation of the Oscar Straus operetta about a Prince who, after falling for a Viennese girl, becomes obsessed with the city and its customs.



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