Groomed for the stage since childhood, Zoya Frank-Paradowski exceeded her mother's expectations. Her raw talent, coupled with her beauty, led her to success in ballet, theatre, film, and opera under her stage name, Zoya Valevska. Having escaped the new Soviet, post-Russian Revolution, regime, and subsequently blacklisted by the Communists, she flourished in European film and opera. Twice married to wealthy men, although wealthy in her own right, Zoya joined the rich and famous, jet setting about Europe. Her film career skyrocketed until the booming German movie industry came to a grinding...