Biografía

Is mentioned in Cole Porter's song "Anything Goes." "When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction // Instruct Anna Sten in diction // Then Anna Shows // Anything Goes".

Sten was such a flop as a star for Samuel Goldwyn Productions, that the producer's stockholders referred to her as "Anna Stench.".

She went to Germany in 1930 where she was able to work for few years.

Producer Samuel Goldwyn became aware of the expressive actress and engaged her to come to the United States to follow in the steps of Greta Garbo. After two years of intensive training, both in learning English and acting à la Hollywood, her first American movie was Nana (1934), but it was not a success.

Anna Sten appeared in American and English movies. To these productions belong "Three Russian Girls" (1944), "Runaway Daughters" (1956) and "The Nun and the Sergeant" (1962).