Actor

Elina Bystritskaya

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Movies: 20Series: 2

TMDB ID: 1002673

IMDb ID: nm0126454

Known for: Acting

Born: April 4, 1928

Died: April 26, 2019

Age: 91

Place of birth: Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1950 - 2019

Years active: 70

Average TMDB rating: 6.2

Wikidata: Q2370750

Also known as

Elina Bystritskaya • Элина Быстрицкая

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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.