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
Admiral Ushakov (1953)
as Wife of doctor Yermolaev (uncredited)
Carnival (1982)
as visitor of the pawnshop
Null kolm (1965)
Actor
Earth (1930)
as Natalia, Vasyl's bride
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
as Кошевая
No Fear, No Blame (1962)
as janitor
A Small Favor (1984)
Actor
To My People! (1983)
Actor
The Grasshopper (1955)
as krestyanka iz Glukhova
The Gypsy (1967)
as Lushchilikha
Other People's Relatives (1956)
as Varvara Stepanovna
Father of a Soldier (1965)
as Borya's grandma
Ranks and People (1929)
as Modest's servant - Anna na shee
Streak of Luck (1983)
Actor
The Red Snowball Tree (1974)
Actor
Incident in the Taiga (1954)
Actor
Killing to Live (1931)
Actor
In the Silence of Steppe (1959)
as Anfisa
Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)
as mother of the disabled person
Someone Else's Name (1966)
as Babushka
New Year's Abduction (1970)
as Maksimova
Black Business (1965)
as Aunt Masha
Beloved (1965)
as Нина Петровна
The Stars of the Day (1966)
Actor
Shot In The Back (1980)
as Вера Николаевна
Summer is Short in the Mountains (1964)
as Praskovya Savvishna
Aerograd (1935)
as Mariia Kudina
Such a Big Boy (1967)
as Filippovna
The Secret of the Notebook (1981)
as Glafira Petrovna
Assol (1983)
Actor
The Frigid Sea (1955)
as Dergachikha
Ivan Makarovich (1968)
Actor
Duration of the Day (1974)
Actor
Alka's Songs (1973)
as бабка Анфиса
Without Father (1977)
as Glafira
Miraculous One (1960)
Actor
We'll Be Waiting, Come Back (1981)
as babushka
The Old Courtyard (1941)
as жиличка
Meeting at the Crossing (1964)
as woman in boat
This Merry Planet (1973)
as мать Прошки
The Peasant Women of Ryazan (1927)
as Lukerya
A Personal Matter (1940)
as Vitya Surikov's mother
Men and Jobs (1932)
as Worker woman (uncredited)
The Judgment (1962)
as woman at a court hearing (uncredited)
Stepan Razin (1939)
as Woman in the crowd (uncredited)
A Home for Tanya (1959)
as Makarikha
The Tight Knot (1957)
as Sasha's mother
Polyushko, pole (1957)
Actor
Birds Over the City (1974)
Actor
Time to Live (1969)
Actor
The Sun Shines to Everyone (1959)
as Pelageya Ivanovna
"Чудотворец" из Бирюлёва (1958)
as Манефа
Height (1957)
as Berestova
Two Captains (1955)
as aunt Dasha
Yevdokiya (1961)
as Maryushka
Conscience (1974)
Actor
First-Year Student (1948)
as Woman with flowers
The Green House (1964)
as Marfa Nikolayevna
The Sky Behind the Clouds (1973)
Actor
In Transit (1961)
Actor
A Bright City (1928)
as Marusenka
Declaration of Love to G.T. (1971)
as Old Woman
The Country Doctor (1952)
Actor
Afterlight (1966)
Actor
King of Diamonds (1959)
Actor
And Quiet Flows the Don (1931)
as Daria Melekhova
The Other Woman (1929)
as Provincial lady
A Personal Affair (1932)
Actor
The Conscience (1966)
as Елена Евгеньевна
Early in the Morning (1965)
as мать Жени Горохова
Strict Woman (1959)
Actor
The Last Attraction (1929)
as Polly
The New Land (1940)
Actor
The Last Meeting (1974)
as Drenched Passerby
The Song of Koltsov (1959)
as Aleksey Koltsov's mother
The Secret Agent's Return (1982)
as Utkin's neighbour
This Disturbing Winter (1976)
Actor
The Volunteers (1958)
as (uncredited)
Fulfillment of Desires (1974)
Actor
Storm on the Land (1976)
Actor
Они не пройдут (1965)
as The passenger of the tram
Rains (1958)
Actor
For the Power of the Soviets (1956)
Actor
The Soldier and the Elephant (1978)
Actor
Sorcerer Island (1965)
as Marya Stepanovna
Right to Jump (1973)
Actor
Pugachev (1937)
Actor
Rebirth (1981)
as домработница Дарья Алексеевна