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