Elena Maksimova
Acting
Born 1905-11-23
Died 1986-09-23
Moscow, Russian Empire
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
41 credits
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
The Gypsy
Ranks and People
Admiral Ushakov
Alkin songs
Aerograd
Russia Is Young
Earth
Black Business
Stepan Razin
The Grasshopper
Conscience
Quiet Flows the Don
Carnival
Father of a Soldier
No Fear, No Blame
The Other Woman
Someone Else's Name
Личное дело
The Peasant Women of Ryazan
A Bright City
The Old Courtyard
Summer is Short in the Mountains
New Year's Abduction
And Quiet Flows the Don
Shot In The Back
Two Captains
The Green House
In the Silence of Steppe
The Last Attraction
Meeting at the Crossing
First-Year Student
Height
Beloved
We'll Be Waiting, Come Back
The Secret Agent's Return
This Merry Planet
The Last Meeting
"Чудотворец" из Бирюлёва
Early in the Morning
The Song of Koltsov
Other credits
19 credits
Yeralash
Duration of the Day
The Stars of the Day
Null kolm
The Red Snowball Tree
Streak of Luck
Miraculous One
Killing to Live
Ivan Makarovich
King of Diamonds
Afterlight
Incident in the Taiga
Assol
A Small Favor
To My People!
This Disturbing Winter
Time to Live
For the Power of the Soviets
Conscience
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