Acting
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.
Yeralash
1974 · TV
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971 · TV
Black Business
1965 · Movie
Earth
1930 · Movie
No Fear, No Blame
1962 · Movie
Russia Is Young
1984 · TV
Stepan Razin
1939 · Movie
Quiet Flows the Don
1957 · Movie
The Secret Agent's Return
1982 · Movie
The Gypsy
1967 · Movie
The Last Attraction
1929 · Movie
The Stars of the Day
1966 · Movie
This Merry Planet
1973 · Movie
Two Captains
1955 · Movie
Conscience
1974 · TV
The Grasshopper
1955 · Movie
The Red Snowball Tree
1974 · Movie
First-Year Student
1948 · Movie
Admiral Ushakov
1953 · Movie
Ivan Makarovich
1968 · Movie
Without Father
1977 · Movie
Height
1957 · Movie
The Song of Koltsov
1959 · Movie
Yevdokiya
1961 · Movie
Father of a Soldier
1965 · Movie
Null kolm
1965 · Movie
Carnival
1981 · Movie
The Soldier and the Elephant
1978 · Movie
Birds Over the City
1974 · Movie
Conscience
1974 · Movie
Rains
1958 · Movie
Ranks and People
1929 · Movie
Они не пройдут
1965 · Movie
Shot In The Back
1980 · Movie
Aerograd
1935 · Movie
The Sky Behind the Clouds
1973 · Movie
Meeting at the Crossing
1964 · Movie
Other People's Relatives
1956 · Movie
Pugachev
1937 · Movie
Time to Live
1969 · Movie
A Small Favor
1984 · Movie
Sorcerer Island
1965 · Movie
The Country Doctor
1952 · Movie
Streak of Luck
1983 · Movie
The Peasant Women of Ryazan
1927 · Movie
The Tight Knot
1957 · Movie
Miraculous One
1960 · Movie
The Volunteers
1958 · Movie
The Frigid Sea
1954 · Movie
A Home for Tanya
1959 · Movie
To My People!
1983 · Movie
New Year's Abduction
1970 · Movie
Polyushko, pole
1957 · Movie
The Judgment
1962 · Movie
In Transit
1961 · Movie
Declaration of Love to G.T.
1971 · Movie
Early in the Morning
1965 · Movie
The Last Meeting
1974 · Movie
Right to Jump
1973 · Movie
We'll Be Waiting, Come Back
1981 · Movie
Storm on the Land
1976 · Movie
Assol
1983 · Movie
Someone Else's Name
1966 · Movie
The Conscience
1966 · Movie
Fulfillment of Desires
1974 · Movie
Men and Jobs
1932 · Movie
The Old Courtyard
1941 · Movie
The Sun Shines to Everyone
1959 · Movie
Личное дело
1940 · Movie
Rebirth
1981 · Movie
King of Diamonds
1959 · Movie
Strict Woman
1959 · Movie
Summer is Short in the Mountains
1964 · Movie
Afterlight
1966 · Movie
The Secret of the Notebook
1981 · Movie
In the Silence of Steppe
1959 · Movie
And Quiet Flows the Don
1931 · Movie
This Disturbing Winter
1976 · Movie
Beloved
1965 · Movie
Such a Big Boy
1967 · Movie
The Green House
1964 · Movie
The Other Woman
1929 · Movie
A Bright City
1928 · Movie
Duration of the Day
1974 · Movie
