Soviet film actress Elena Maximova played ordinary women, mothers, and grandmothers. The Honored Artist of the RSFSR impressed with the stunning realism of the game and truthfulness. Even playing in episodes, she created catchy images.
Elena Alexandrovna was on the list of Soviet-era actresses who positioned the image of an ordinary woman. Familiar to any person, they provided the audience with positive emotions.
The beginning of the creative path
In each role, Maximova got accustomed to the maximum. With her play, she impressed contemporaries. The performer was remembered in many guises, although she had few main roles. The biography of the future actress began in 1905.
Elena was born on November 23 in a Moscow family. My father traded groceries until 1916, and then went to work as an accountant in a car depot. While studying in the 9th grade, in early 1925, the girl passed the selection to the Vishnyak movie studio at Moskprofobra.
Studying in the studio until the fall of 1926, Maksimova combined with work as a press-maker at a button factory. Soon, the career of the young actress in the cinema began. Elena made her debut in the film "Women of Ryazan."
She got the role of the scandalous wife of the wealthy peasant Lukerya. Then there was work in Eggert’s film "The Lame Barin." The conditions set by the directors, the girl performed brilliantly. In her image there were arrogance, ardor, and despair because of her husband’s infidelity.
The tape determined her further role. The directors began to offer her the role of Russian ordinary women. With the directors of "Bab Ryazan" Preobrazhenskaya and Legal actress collaborated several times.
Vivid roles
One of the best works of the celebrity is called Daria in "The Quiet Don" of 1930. The image is revealed as believable as possible, the temperament of the heroine is realistically shown, its inconsistency with the emotional nature.
In 1930, Elena Alexandrovna played Natalka in the Dovzhenko film "Earth". With tremendous anguish, the artist demonstrated the tragedy of the heroine who lost her beloved. In the same period, Maksimova performed several memorable roles in Aerograd, Pugachev, and Grun Kornakova.
In the film "Virgin Soil Upturned" Elena Alexandrovna played Melania Atamanchukova. Each work shows the severity of the character's character, true drama. In the re-adaptation of "Quiet Don" by Gerasimov in 1957-1958, the artist got a small role as Koshevy's mother.
After her performance, the actress was included in the list of few artists who took part in new interpretations of the same work.
Family and vocation
No less successful was the personal life of the star. In 1927, she met her future husband, George Lukyanov. The young engineer worked at the Dzerzhinsky Thermal Engineering Research Institute. In early 1928, lovers became husband and wife.
In the family in 1934 a child appeared, son Gleb. Before the war, the star worked at the Soyuzdetfilm studio. After the children of employees were evacuated, the artist worked as a cook to stay with her son.
The actress returned to creativity only in the spring of 1842. Gleb Georgievich subsequently became a cameraman. The legal education was initially received by the grandson of Maximova. He went into the advertising and music business.
Andrey Glebovich Lukyanov from the beginning of the two thousandth starred in films, on television. He gained fame as a poet and journalist. An acting career was also chosen by the great-granddaughter of Elena Alexandrovna Tatyana.
