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Elena Maksimova
Moscow, 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…
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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.
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1984
A Small Favor
Movie
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1984
Russia Is Young
TV show старуха
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1983
Streak of Luck
Movie
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1983
To My People!
Movie
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1983
Assol
Movie
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1982
The Secret Agent's Return
Movie Utkin's neighbour
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1981
The Secret of the Notebook
Movie Glafira Petrovna
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1981
Carnival
Movie visitor of the pawnshop
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1981
Rebirth
Movie домработница Дарья Алексеевна
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1981
We'll Be Waiting, Come Back
Movie babushka
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1980
Shot In The Back
Movie Вера Николаевна
- 1978
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1977
Without Father
Movie Glafira
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1976
This Disturbing Winter
Movie
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1976
Storm on the Land
Movie
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1974
The Last Meeting
Movie Drenched Passerby
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1974
Conscience
TV show санитарка
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1974
Conscience
Movie
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1974
Birds Over the City
Movie
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1974
Yeralash
TV show
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1974
Fulfillment of Desires
Movie
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1974
Duration of the Day
Movie
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1974
The Red Snowball Tree
Movie
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1973
This Merry Planet
Movie мать Прошки
- 1973
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1973
Right to Jump
Movie
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1973
Alka's Songs
Movie бабка Анфиса
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1971
Declaration of Love to G.T.
Movie Old Woman
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1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV show Прасковья Андреевна
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1970
New Year's Abduction
Movie Maksimova
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1969
Time to Live
Movie
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1968
Ivan Makarovich
Movie
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1967
The Gypsy
Movie Lushchilikha
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1967
Such a Big Boy
Movie Filippovna
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1966
Afterlight
Movie
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1966
Someone Else's Name
Movie Babushka
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1966
The Conscience
Movie Елена Евгеньевна
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1966
The Stars of the Day
Movie
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1965
Они не пройдут
Movie The passenger of the tram
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1965
Beloved
Movie Нина Петровна
