Elina Bystritskaya
Known For
Acting
Born
1928-04-04 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Died
2019-04-26
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.
Most Known For
To Remember
as Narrator
Quiet Flows the Don
as Аксинья
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
as Self
The Volunteers
as Lyolya
Russian Souvenir
as Pandora Montesi
Unfinished Story
as Yelizaveta Muromtseva
«Bogatyr» Goes to Marto
as radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
Brave Guys
Summer Residents
as Yulia Filippovna
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
as Duchess Olga
Farewell Tour
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
as Saint Olga
Seven Days After the Murder
as Kira Aleksandrovna
Guilty Without Guilt
All Remains to People
as Ksenia Rumyantseva
Nikolay Bauman
as Andreyeva
Eternal Fire
as Glasha
Babi Yar
The Ostrovsky House
as Глафира
In Peaceful Time
as Lena