Elena Maksimova
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.
87 acting credits
Acting · 87
Yeralash
1974
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971
Russia Is Young
1984
Conscience
1974
Stepan Razin
1939
Quiet Flows the Don
1957
New Year's Abduction
1970
Conscience
1974
Height
1957
Earth
1930
The Grasshopper
1955
The Secret Agent's Return
1982
The Red Snowball Tree
1974
The Volunteers
1958
The Country Doctor
1952
Carnival
1981
Admiral Ushakov
1953
The Sky Behind the Clouds
1973
Birds Over the City
1974
Other People's Relatives
1956
The Frigid Sea
1954
The Secret of the Notebook
1981
Aerograd
1935
Rains
1958
Such a Big Boy
1967
No Fear, No Blame
1962
Streak of Luck
1983
A Home for Tanya
1959
Yevdokiya
1961
Sorcerer Island
1965
The Conscience
1966
Fulfillment of Desires
1974
Without Father
1977
Storm on the Land
1976
A Small Favor
1984
The Sun Shines to Everyone
1959
Father of a Soldier
1965
Polyushko, pole
1957
Two Captains
1955
Shot In The Back
1980
The Judgment
1962
Someone Else's Name
1966
The Tight Knot
1957
To My People!
1983
First-Year Student
1948
Assol
1983
Early in the Morning
1965
Men and Jobs
1932
The Gypsy
1967
Time to Live
1969
This Merry Planet
1973
A Personal Affair
1932
Null kolm
1965
Ivan Makarovich
1968
Strict Woman
1959
Duration of the Day
1974
The Old Courtyard
1941
We'll Be Waiting, Come Back
1981
The Stars of the Day
1966
The Soldier and the Elephant
1978
Ranks and People
1929
The Last Meeting
1974
And Quiet Flows the Don
1931
Right to Jump
1973
Pugachev
1937
Declaration of Love to G.T.
1971
The Peasant Women of Ryazan
1927
In Transit
1961
Beloved
1965
Они не пройдут
1965
Black Business
1965
This Disturbing Winter
1976
In the Silence of Steppe
1959
The Song of Koltsov
1959
Alkin songs
1973
The Last Attraction
1929
Summer is Short in the Mountains
1964
Miraculous One
1960
King of Diamonds
1959
Afterlight
1966
Meeting at the Crossing
1964
The Other Woman
1929
The Green House
1964
Rebirth
1981
A Bright City
1928
Личное дело
1940
"Чудотворец" из Бирюлёва
1958