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 Maksimo...
Quiet Flows the Don
1957
Earth
1930
The Red Snowball Tree
1974
No Fear, No Blame
1962
To My People!
1983
The Frigid Sea
1954
Ranks and People
1929
The Gypsy
1967
Carnival
1981
And Quiet Flows the Don
1931
Streak of Luck
1983
Father of a Soldier
1965
A Small Favor
1984
New Year's Abduction
1970
Null kolm
1965
Shot In The Back
1980
The Grasshopper
1955
Birds Over the City
1974
Yevdokiya
1961
Fulfillment of Desires
1974
The Volunteers
1958
Aerograd
1935
This Merry Planet
1973
The Judgment
1962
Polyushko, pole
1957
Men and Jobs
1932
First-Year Student
1948
The Tight Knot
1957
Two Captains
1955
Such a Big Boy
1967
Assol
1983
In Transit
1961
Height
1957
Meeting at the Crossing
1964
Other People's Relatives
1956
The Sky Behind the Clouds
1973
The Country Doctor
1952
Stepan Razin
1939
The Peasant Women of Ryazan
1927