TCHEKHOV Xenia
Xenia Karlovna Ziller
Date of birth : February 6, 1897, Moscow, Russia.
Date of death : December 22, 1970, Los Angeles.
Wife of Michael Tchekhov
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Marilyn kept relationship with the widow of her teacher and often subsidized her.
Letter to Marilyn dated November 22, 1958 
Letters with Marilyn, December 19, 1958 and January 10, 1959 (
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Shortly after Michael Tchekhov's death, Marilyn wrote a will in which she left 10 000$ to Xenia.
Later, she changed this sum in an investment fund which was supposed to guarantee Xenia a minimum of
2 500$ a year, but legal complications prevented her from receiving the less penny until her death.