Elena Maksimova
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Elena Alexandrovna Maksimova (23.11.1905—23.09.1986) was born in Moscow to a grocer father (he sold non-perishable goods) and a housewife mother, who was often ill. Apart from her, there were two other daughters in the family. Following her father's death in 1920, her mother was forced by poverty to send all three daughters to Orphanage No. 55, located in the Sokolniki district. Shortly after, in 1922, her mother also passed. Thus, at the age of 17, she was left completely orphaned. From an early age, Elena Maximova had dreamed of becoming an actress. When she finished schooling in 1925, she immediately went to the film studio attached to ‘Moskprofobor’ (Москпрофобр) to sit her entrance exams. There was only one free place available, and it went to Elena – as the most talented of all the applicants. From 1925 to 1927, she trained under the guidance of renowned film masters Vladimir Gardin and Konstantin Eggert. Alongside her studies at the film studio, Elena Maksimova had to work as a press operator at a button factory. She worked in film since 1927, appearing in productions by various film studios in Moscow and Leningrad. Between 1940 and 1964, she was an actress at the Soyuzdetfilm studio (now the Gorky Film Studio). Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (30 September 1958). The characters she portrayed were distinguished by their realism and attention to everyday detail. Her heroines were most often active, energetic and impetuous, yet she was equally at home with gentle, lyrical roles. She served Soviet cinema for nearly fifty years, and her work was modest and selfless — rarely in supporting roles, but more often in small cameos.
Known for
Credits
The Red Snowball Tree (1974)
Actor
Earth (1930)
as Natalia, Vasyl's bride
Admiral Ushakov (1953)
as Wife of doctor Yermolaev (uncredited)
Assol (1983)
Actor
Null kolm (1965)
Actor
Aerograd (1935)
as Mariia Kudina
Duration of the Day (1974)
Actor
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
as Кошевая
Declaration of Love to G.T. (1971)
as Old Woman
The Gypsy (1967)
as Lushchilikha
No Fear, No Blame (1962)
as janitor
Father of a Soldier (1965)
as Borya's grandma
Height (1957)
as Berestova
Meeting at the Crossing (1964)
as woman in boat
Conscience (1974)
Actor
Ivan Makarovich (1968)
Actor
A Small Favor (1984)
Actor
Carnival (1981)
as visitor of the pawnshop
In the Silence of Steppe (1959)
as Anfisa
Shot In The Back (1980)
as Вера Николаевна
Someone Else's Name (1966)
as Babushka
To My People! (1983)
Actor
"Чудотворец" из Бирюлёва (1958)
as Манефа
Miraculous One (1960)
Actor
And Quiet Flows the Don (1931)
as Daria Melekhova
Alka's Songs (1973)
as бабка Анфиса
The Last Attraction (1929)
as Polly
New Year's Abduction (1970)
as Maksimova
This Merry Planet (1973)
as мать Прошки
The Soldier and the Elephant (1978)
Actor
Beloved (1965)
as Нина Петровна
Stepan Razin (1939)
as Woman in the crowd (uncredited)
Streak of Luck (1983)
Actor
Incident in the Taiga (1954)
Actor
The Last Meeting (1974)
as Drenched Passerby
The Grasshopper (1955)
as krestyanka iz Glukhova
The Stars of the Day (1966)
Actor
Afterlight (1966)
Actor
The Old Courtyard (1941)
as жиличка
For the Power of the Soviets (1956)
Actor
Polyushko, pole (1957)
Actor
Two Captains (1955)
as aunt Dasha
First-Year Student (1948)
as Woman with flowers
The Sky Behind the Clouds (1973)
Actor
The Song of Koltsov (1959)
as Aleksey Koltsov's mother
Storm on the Land (1976)
Actor
The Other Woman (1929)
as Provincial lady
The Secret Agent's Return (1982)
as Utkin's neighbour
Killing to Live (1931)
Actor
A Home for Tanya (1959)
as Makarikha
A Personal Matter (1940)
as Vitya Surikov's mother
Black Business (1965)
as Aunt Masha
Ranks and People (1929)
as Modest's servant - Anna na shee
We'll Be Waiting, Come Back (1981)
as babushka
Time to Live (1969)
Actor
The Sun Shines to Everyone (1959)
as Pelageya Ivanovna
The Peasant Women of Ryazan (1927)
as Lukerya
Sorcerer Island (1965)
as Marya Stepanovna
Rains (1958)
Actor
Men and Jobs (1932)
as Worker woman (uncredited)
Summer is Short in the Mountains (1964)
as Praskovya Savvishna
The Country Doctor (1952)
Actor
A Bright City (1928)
as Marusenka
Right to Jump (1973)
Actor
Early in the Morning (1965)
as мать Жени Горохова
Rebirth (1981)
as домработница Дарья Алексеевна
Other People's Relatives (1956)
as Varvara Stepanovna
This Disturbing Winter (1976)
Actor
The Volunteers (1958)
as (uncredited)
King of Diamonds (1959)
Actor
Strict Woman (1959)
Actor
The Green House (1964)
as Marfa Nikolayevna
Yevdokiya (1961)
as Maryushka
The Secret of the Notebook (1981)
as Glafira Petrovna
The Frigid Sea (1955)
as Dergachikha
Fulfillment of Desires (1974)
Actor
Они не пройдут (1965)
as The passenger of the tram
Such a Big Boy (1967)
as Filippovna
Without Father (1977)
as Glafira
The Judgment (1962)
as woman at a court hearing (uncredited)
Birds Over the City (1974)
Actor
The Conscience (1966)
as Елена Евгеньевна
The Tight Knot (1957)
as Sasha's mother
In Transit (1961)
Actor
A Personal Affair (1932)
Actor
Pugachev (1937)
Actor