Elina Bystritskaya
Acting
Born: 1928-04-04 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Biography
Elina Bystritskaya is a Soviet and Russian actress best known for her role of Aksiniya in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958). Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Aksiniya by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Socialist Realist film. In the 1960's, Bystritskaya turned to theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances on screen grew sporadic. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1978.
Known For
To Remember
Narrator
Quiet Flows the Don
Аксинья
The Ostrovsky House
Глафира
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
Self
Babi Yar
Crazy Money
Unfinished Story
Yelizaveta Muromtseva
Wolves and Sheep
Seven Days After the Murder
Kira Aleksandrovna
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Saint Olga
The Volunteers
Lelya
All Remains to People
Ksenia Rumyantseva
Nikolay Bauman
Andreyeva
Summer Residents
Yulia Filippovna
Russian Souvenir
Pandora Montesi
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Duchess Olga
Farewell Tour
In Peaceful Time
Lena
Brave Guys
Eternal Fire
Glasha
Guilty Without Guilt
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna