Ĭhekhov studied under the Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski at the First Studio, where he acted, directed, and studied Stanislavski's 'system'. His second wife was Xenia Karlovna Ziller, of German origins. Their daughter, also baptized Olga, was born in 1916 and became a German actress under the name Ada Tschechowa. Olga Chekhova was a daughter of Konstantin Knipper and was the niece of Olga Knipper, Anton Chekhov's wife, after whom she was named. Ĭhekhov's first wife was actress Olga Chekhova, whom he met at the Moscow Art Theatre First Studio. He was raised in a middle-class family his father was in the Imperial Customs Service and was a moderately successful writer. His mother, a Russian Jew, had been the governess to the children from his father's first marriage. He was born in Saint Petersburg, the son of Alexander Chekhov (the elder brother of Anton Chekhov) and his wife Natalya Aleksandrovna Golden.
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