Elena Maksimova
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 23, 1905
- Died
- September 23, 1986 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
A Small Favor
Movie
Russia Is Young
TV · as старуха · 9 eps
To My People!
Movie
Streak of Luck
Movie
Assol
Movie
Carnival
Movie · as visitor of the pawnshop
The Secret Agent's Return
Movie · as Utkin's neighbour
Rebirth
Movie · as домработница Дарья Алексеевна
We'll Be Waiting, Come Back
Movie · as babushka
The Secret of the Notebook
Movie · as Glafira Petrovna
Shot In The Back
Movie · as Вера Николаевна
The Soldier and the Elephant
Movie
Without Father
Movie · as Glafira
Storm on the Land
Movie
This Disturbing Winter
Movie
The Last Meeting
Movie · as Drenched Passerby
Birds Over the City
Movie
Fulfillment of Desires
Movie
Conscience
Movie
Duration of the Day
Movie
The Red Snowball Tree
Movie
Conscience
TV · as санитарка · 1 ep
Yeralash
TV · 2 eps
The Sky Behind the Clouds
Movie
Right to Jump
Movie
This Merry Planet
Movie · as мать Прошки
Alka's Songs
Movie · as бабка Анфиса
Declaration of Love to G.T.
Movie · as Old Woman
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV · as Прасковья Андреевна · 1 ep
New Year's Abduction
Movie · as Maksimova
Time to Live
Movie
Ivan Makarovich
Movie
The Gypsy
Movie · as Lushchilikha
Such a Big Boy
Movie · as Filippovna
The Stars of the Day
Movie
Someone Else's Name
Movie · as Babushka
The Conscience
Movie · as Елена Евгеньевна
Afterlight
Movie
Beloved
Movie · as Нина Петровна
Null kolm
Movie
Black Business
Movie · as Aunt Masha
Early in the Morning
Movie · as мать Жени Горохова
Father of a Soldier
Movie · as Borya's grandma
Sorcerer Island
Movie · as Marya Stepanovna
Они не пройдут
Movie · as The passenger of the tram
Meeting at the Crossing
Movie · as woman in boat
Summer is Short in the Mountains
Movie · as Praskovya Savvishna
The Green House
Movie · as Marfa Nikolayevna
No Fear, No Blame
Movie · as janitor
The Judgment
Movie · as woman at a court hearing (uncredited)
In Transit
Movie
Yevdokiya
Movie · as Maryushka
Chronicle of Flaming Years
Movie · as mother of the disabled person
Miraculous One
Movie
King of Diamonds
Movie
A Home for Tanya
Movie · as Makarikha
The Sun Shines to Everyone
Movie · as Pelageya Ivanovna
Strict Woman
Movie
The Song of Koltsov
Movie · as Aleksey Koltsov's mother
In the Silence of Steppe
Movie · as Anfisa
The Volunteers
Movie · as (uncredited)
Rains
Movie
"Чудотворец" из Бирюлёва
Movie · as Манефа
Height
Movie · as Berestova
The Tight Knot
Movie
Polyushko, pole
Movie
Quiet Flows the Don
Movie · as Кошевая
Other People's Relatives
Movie · as Varvara Stepanovna
For the Power of the Soviets
Movie
The Frigid Sea
Movie · as Dergachikha
Two Captains
Movie · as aunt Dasha
The Grasshopper
Movie · as krestyanka iz Glukhova
Incident in the Taiga
Movie
Admiral Ushakov
Movie · as Wife of doctor Yermolaev (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
Movie
First-Year Student
Movie · as Woman with flowers
The Old Courtyard
Movie · as жиличка
A Personal Matter
Movie · as Vitya Surikov's mother
The New Land
Movie
Stepan Razin
Movie · as Woman in the crowd (uncredited)
Pugachev
Movie
Aerograd
Movie · as Mariia Kudina
A Personal Affair
Movie
Men and Jobs
Movie · as Worker woman (uncredited)
And Quiet Flows the Don
Movie · as Daria Melekhova
Killing to Live
Movie
Earth
Movie · as Natalia, Vasyl's bride
The Last Attraction
Movie · as Polly
Ranks and People
Movie · as Modest's servant - Anna na shee
The Other Woman
Movie · as Provincial lady
A Bright City
Movie · as Marusenka
The Peasant Women of Ryazan
Movie · as Lukerya