two 2013 silent films about Hollywood's silent movie era: Return to Babylon, in which she was played by Laura Harring, and Silent Life, based on the life of Rudolph Valentino, where she was played by Sherilyn Fenn.The character of Nazimova also appears in Dominick Argento's opera Dream of Valentino, in which she also played the violin. Nazimova was also featured in make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin's 2004 book Face Forward, in which he made up Isabella Rossellini to resemble her, particularly as posed in a certain photograph. Actress Romy Nordlinger first portrayed Alla Nazimova in The Society for the Preservation of Theatrical History production of Stage Struck: From Kemble to Kate staged at the Snapple Theater Center in New York City in December 2013. In Fall 2016, PLACES, a multimedia solo show about Alla Nazimova, supported by the League of Professional Theatre Women's Heritage Program, written and performed by Romy Nordlinger debuted at Playhouse Theatre for a limited run. The Garden of Allah cabaret was an influential LGBTQ+ cabaret venue in the mid-20th century that took its name and inspiration from Nazimova's original Garden of Alla. Nazimova also appears in Medusa's Web, a novel by fantasy-fiction writer Tim Powers. Filmography See also List of American film actresses List of film producers List of Jewish actors List of people from California List of people from New York City List of people from Ukraine List of Russian people List of women writers References Further reading Golden, Eve (2001). Golden Images: 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. . Lewton, Lucy Olga (1988). Alla Nazimova, My Aunt, Tragedienne: A Personal Memoir. Minuteman Press. Smith, Frederick James (September 1918). "Those Nazimova Eyes!" in Picture Play. External links Alla Nazimova Society Alla Nazimova at the Women Film Pioneers Project History of the Garden of Allah with photos The Vanished Garden of Carnal Abandon Nazimova photo gallery NYP Library Photographs and literature on Alla Nazimova 1870s births 1945 deaths Crimean Jews 19th-century actresses from the Russian Empire Russian stage actresses 19th-century people from the Russian Empire 19th-century women writers from the Russian Empire 19th-century writers from the Russian Empire 20th-century American actresses 20th-century Russian people 20th-century American women writers Actresses from Moscow Actresses from New York City American film producers American people of Russian-Jewish descent Screenwriters from New York (state) American silent film actresses American stage actresses LGBT actresses Burials at Forest