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Elina Bystritskaya
Actor
Died April 26, 2019 (91 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1993 | Chtoby Pomnili (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1993 | |
| 1963 | Vsyo ostayotsya lyudyam · as Ksenia Rumyantseva |
| 1960 | Russkiy suvenir · as Pandora Montesi |
| 1958 | Dobrovoltsy · as Lyolya |
| 1958 | Tikhiy Don II · as Aksiniya |
| 1957 | Quiet Flows the Don · as Aksiniya |
| 1955 | Neokonchennaya povest · as Yelizaveta Muromtseva |
| 1954 | Bogatyr idyot v Marto · as Radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna |
| 1951 | V mirnye dni · as Lena |