Ludmilla Pitoëff was born on December 25, 1895 in Tiflis, Russian Empire as Ludmilla Smanov. She was an actress, known for La danseuse rouge (1937), Le puritain (1938) and Mollenard (1938). She died on September 15, 1951 in Rueil-Malmaison, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France.