- Daughter of Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov. In 1921, her family moved to Berlin, where she grew up. The daughter of a famous actress, Ada Tschechowa's early contact to the film business helped her make up her mind to become an actress, albeit, unlike her mother, she concentrated mainly on stage work but made some films. After the war she only took part in the movie "Geheimnis einer Ehe" (1951), the theater was still her great passion. On 28 January 1966, she and 45 others were killed during a botched landing. was married to cinematographer Franz Weihmayr (until 1934), then to physician Wilhelm Rust (father of her only child; until 1950), and finally with boxer Conny Rux.
- Tschechowa played primarily in the theater for the Agency for Film and Television in the Berlin artist's colony and supervised Angelika Meissner and Rex Gildo, among others.
- By her second marriage to Dr. Wilhelm Rust, Ada Tschechowa gave birth to future actress Vera Tschechowa in 1940. According to her daughter, Ada was very protective. In an interview Vera gave to the magazine Frau im Spiegel, she recalled meeting Elvis Presley who asked if he could accompany her home only to be greeted coldly by her mother.
- She was a Russo-German actress and music manager.
- Ada, according to her daughter, was very protective of Vera. In one instance, recorded in an interview with Frau im Spiegel and Vera Tschechowa, Elvis Presley met Vera and asked if he could accompany her home, which offer was negatively received by Ada.
- Due to her mother's (Olga Tschechowa) job, Ada came into contact with film at an early age. This gave her the desire to become an actress, with her main focus being the theater.
- In April 1935, she tried out for and was accepted for an Austrian production of The Pompadour and The Empress's Favourite the following year.
- From a young age, Ada followed in the path of her parents and grew an interest in becoming a theater actress, which led her to attending the Staatliche Schauspielschule in Berlin and private lessons with Walter Franck.
- Ada played primarily in the theater for the Agency for Film and Television in the Berlin artist's colony and supervised such people as Angelika Meissner and Rex Gildo.
- Until the end of World War II she played in two more movies, and then in Secret of a Marriage in 1951.
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