Few modern viewers are familiar with the biography and work of the wonderful Soviet theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR - Elena Izmailova. She possessed extraordinary beauty in combination with wit, which gave her image a kind of riddle, uniqueness.
In the postwar years, a lot of films were released on the screens dedicated to the struggle of Soviet people with fascist invaders. Most of them are forgotten today. But the role of Lisa, played by Elena Izmailova in the film "It Was in the Donbass," fell in love with millions of viewers. This heroine, like other characters in the film, personifies selflessness, courage, patriotism - all that the Soviet youth possessed during the war years.
Elena Izmailova - one of the brightest actresses of the forties. The audience was in love with her from the first shots thanks to an open smile, unusual charm. This artist was literally fascinating.
early years
Izmailova Elena Davydovna was born in difficult times. The future actress was born in 1920. Her hometown was Dnepropetrovsk. Father - David Mironovich Turok - took part in hostilities. Mother had German roots. Once this woman came to cold snowy Russia and got a job as a governess. It was back in imperial times. Soon, a young German woman married a local guy, and a few years later the revolution broke out.
In 1923, the family moved to live in Rostov. And then - to the capital. Elena was not even eighteen, when grief happened in her life - her father was arrested. David Turok was sentenced to five years. It was 1938. At that time, no one was safe from the infamous 58th article. Father was released in 1956. By this time, the daughter changed her name. Elena Izmailova by 1956 played thirteen heroines in the movie. A girl with the surname Turk could hardly become an actress.
During the war
In 1928, the heroine of this article entered the Moscow school. And ten years later, she was enrolled in the students of the Theater School. Schukin. But in the third year I had to interrupt my studies. The war has begun. It is noteworthy that it was in the first year of the Great Patriotic War that the actress made her film debut.
Izmailova left with a film studio in Ashgabat, where her relatives also moved after. In 1943, employees of the Vakhtangov Theater called Elena Davydovna. She returned to Moscow, where she played her star roles.
“Battle movie compilation No.?”
That was the name of the film in which Elena Izmailova played her first role. The picture was released in 1941. The actors who played the main characters became famous. Soviet propaganda was supposed to work without interruption even in the early years of the war. More than ever, people needed support. It was necessary to raise the patriotic spirit of Soviet citizens, who faded away with every message about the retreat of the Red Army. With the role of a dedicated partisan, Izmailova’s film career began.
Personal life
Elena Izmailova was married three times. The first husband was the actor and director Rostislav Ivitsky, from whom the actress in 1942 gave birth to a son Denis. The marriage did not last long, because the husband worked at a Ukrainian film studio and did not want to move to Moscow.
The second husband was the famous actor - Vladimir Etush. But this marriage did not last long. The last marriage was also concluded with a man associated with the world of cinema, Nikolai Timofeev. In 1952, their daughter was born.
Last years
Elena Izmailova is an actress who has played in the theater and cinema for more than fifty roles. In addition, she taught acting at GITIS, was engaged in concert activities, actively participated in literary projects.
By its nature, Elena Izmailova was lively, outgoing. She cooked great, was a wonderful hostess. Friends respected and always loved the friendly, radiant Helen.
In recent years, the actress spent in a special boarding house designed for the elderly figures of cinema. Izmailova Elena Davydovna passed away in 2005. She was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
Filmography
The films, in the shootings of which Izmailova took part, include about twenty works, among which the most popular were White Fang, Cinderella, Tropinins.
True fame came to her after she played the role of Mrs. Whedon in The Fifteen Years Captain. One of Izmailova’s striking works is the role of the Soviet radio operator in the film “Scout's Feat”.
Other films featuring the legend of Soviet cinema:
- "The second caravan."
- Blue Roads.
- "Glinka Composer."
- "Lullaby".
- "The Mystery of the Eternal Night."
- "Memory of the heart."
- "Thirteenth Chair."