Vera Shershnyova was born on September 17, 1906 in Odessa, Odessa uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Odessa Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for
Two Soldiers (1943),
Shturmovye nochi (1931) and
Pravo ottsov (1931). She died on November 18, 1978 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].