Name
Elena Maksimova
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-11-23
Deathday
1986-09-23 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Moscow, Russian Empire
Biography
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
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Historical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral F...
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When peasant Georgy Makharashvili hears that his soldier son is lying wounded in a hospita...
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Based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Sholokhov, about the fate of people broken ...
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A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-fr...
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From childhood, Sanya Grigoryev was able to achieve success in any business. He grew up a ...
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The picture compares the fate of two heroines Anna and her lively and energetic sister-in-...
- 1961 In Transit
- 1932 A Personal Affair
- 1959 King of Diamonds
- 1960 Miraculous One
- 1981 Rebirth as домработница Дарья Алексеевна
- 1930 Earth as Natalia, Vasyl's bride
- 1957 Height as Berestova
- 1983 To My People!
- 1976 Storm on the Land
- 1973 The Sky Behind the Clouds
- 1981 We'll Be Waiting, Come Back as babushka
- 1981 Carnival as visitor of the pawnshop
- 1965 Beloved as Нина Петровна
- 1935 Aerograd as Mariia Kudina
- 1959 A Home for Tanya as Makarikha
- 1974 The Last Meeting as Drenched Passerby
- 1981 The Secret of the Notebook as Glafira Petrovna
- 1927 The Peasant Women of Ryazan as Lukerya
- 1929 The Last Attraction as Polly
- 1977 Without Father as Glafira
- 1957 The Tight Knot as Sasha's mother
- 1978 The Soldier and the Elephant
- 1961 Yevdokiya as Maryushka
- 1962 No Fear, No Blame as janitor
- 1957 Polyushko, pole
- 1970 New Year's Abduction as Maksimova
- 1965 Null kolm
- 1973 Right to Jump
- 1984 A Small Favor
- 1974 Birds Over the City
- 1974 Fulfillment of Desires
- 1983 Streak of Luck
- 1937 Pugachev
- 1955 The Frigid Sea as Dergachikha
- 1973 This Merry Planet as мать Прошки
- 1976 This Disturbing Winter
- 1974 Conscience
- 1959 The Sun Shines to Everyone as Pelageya Ivanovna
- 1952 The Country Doctor
- 1959 Strict Woman
- 1962 The Judgment as woman at a court hearing (uncredited)
- 1969 Time to Live
- 1971 Declaration of Love to G.T. as Old Woman
- 1929 Ranks and People as Modest's servant - Anna na shee
- 1957 Quiet Flows the Don as Кошевая
- 1965 Black Business as Aunt Masha
- 1965 Early in the Morning as мать Жени Горохова
- 1967 The Gypsy as Lushchilikha
- 1967 Such a Big Boy as Filippovna
- 1982 The Secret Agent's Return as Utkin's neighbour
- 1956 Other People's Relatives as Varvara Stepanovna
- 1965 Father of a Soldier as Borya's grandma
- 1955 Two Captains as aunt Dasha
- 1968 Ivan Makarovich
- 1958 The Volunteers as (uncredited)
- 1966 The Stars of the Day
- 1958 Rains
- 1964 Meeting at the Crossing as woman in boat
- 1964 The Green House as Marfa Nikolayevna
- 1964 Summer is Short in the Mountains as Praskovya Savvishna
- 1965 Sorcerer Island as Marya Stepanovna
- 1965 Они не пройдут as The passenger of the tram
- 1966 Someone Else's Name as Babushka
- 1983 Assol
- 1939 Stepan Razin as Woman in the crowd (uncredited)
- 1974 Duration of the Day
- 1966 The Conscience as Елена Евгеньевна
- 1980 Shot In The Back as Вера Николаевна
- 1948 First-Year Student as Woman with flowers
- 1931 And Quiet Flows the Don as Daria Melekhova
- 1932 Men and Jobs as Worker woman (uncredited)
- 1966 Afterlight
- 1959 The Song of Koltsov as Aleksey Koltsov's mother
- 1929 The Other Woman as Provincial lady
- 1955 The Grasshopper as krestyanka iz Glukhova
- 1928 A Bright City as Marusenka
- 1940 A Personal Matter as Vitya Surikov's mother
- 1973 Alka's Songs as бабка Анфиса
- 1941 The Old Courtyard as жиличка
- 1974 The Red Snowball Tree
- 1959 In the Silence of Steppe as Anfisa
- 1953 Admiral Ushakov as Wife of doctor Yermolaev (uncredited)
- 1958 "Чудотворец" из Бирюлёва as Манефа
- 1931 Killing to Live
- 1954 Incident in the Taiga
- 1956 For the Power of the Soviets
- 1984 Russia Is Young ( 9 episodes ) as старуха
- 1974 Conscience ( 1 episode ) as санитарка
- 1974 Yeralash ( 2 episodes )
- 1971 Investigation Held by ZnaToKi ( 1 episode ) as Прасковья Андреевна
