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 .
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 ().
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.