Elena Maksimova

Known for ActingBorn 1905-11-23Died 1986-09-23Moscow, Russian Empire

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.Read more

Movies & web series

We'll Be Waiting, Come Back

The Stars of the Day

Storm on the Land

The Last Meeting

Они не пройдут

Black Business

Birds Over the City

Alka's Songs

The Gypsy

Someone Else's Name

Early in the Morning

Sorcerer Island

Meeting at the Crossing

Miraculous One

Polyushko, pole

Incident in the Taiga

Ivan Makarovich

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

Killing to Live

Shot In The Back

This Disturbing Winter

Fulfillment of Desires

Null kolm

The Judgment

The Red Snowball Tree

To My People!

The Secret of the Notebook

Without Father

Father of a Soldier

Carnival

New Year's Abduction

The Sun Shines to Everyone

For the Power of the Soviets

Conscience

Yeralash

A Small Favor

Russia Is Young

A Personal Affair

The Other Woman

Height

The Frigid Sea

Right to Jump

The Country Doctor

Yevdokiya

Earth

Time to Live

Quiet Flows the Don

The Last Attraction