Actress Elena Izmailova

Few of today's viewers are familiar with the biography and work of the remarkable Soviet actress of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of the RSFSR - Elena Izmailova. She possessed extraordinary beauty combined with wit, which gave her image a kind of riddle, uniqueness.

In the postwar years, many films were published on the screens dedicated to the struggle of Soviet people with fascist invaders. Most of them are now forgotten. But the role of Lisa, played by Elena Izmailova in the movie "It was in Donbass", fell in love with millions of viewers. This heroine, like other characters of the film, personifies dedication, courage, patriotism - all that Soviet youth had during the war years.

Elena Izmailova - one of the most striking actresses of the forties. The audience was in love with her from the first frame thanks to an open smile, an unusual charm. This artist literally fascinated.

early years

Izmailova Elena Davydovna was born in a difficult time. The future actress was born in 1920. Her hometown was Dnepropetrovsk. Father - David Mironovich Turk - took part in military operations. Her mother had German roots. Once this woman came to a cold snowy Russia and got a job as a governess. It was back in tsarist times. Soon a young German woman married a local boyfriend, and a few years later a revolution broke out.

In 1923 the family moved to live in Rostov. And then - to the capital. Elena was not even eighteen when her life was grieved - her father was arrested. David Turok was sentenced to five years. It was 1938. At that time no one was insured from the infamous 58th article. Father was released in 1956. By this time her daughter changed her name. Elena Izmailova by 1956 played thirteen heroines in the cinema. A girl with the name Turk could hardly become an actress.

During the war

In 1928, the heroine of this article entered the Moscow school. And after ten years she was enrolled in the students of the Theater School. Shchukin. But in the third year of study had to be interrupted. The war began. It is noteworthy that it was in the first year of the Great Patriotic War that the actress debuted at the cinema.

Izmaylova left with the film studio in Ashgabat, where her family also moved. In 1943, employees of the Vakhtangov Theater called Elena Davydovna. She returned to Moscow, where she played her starring roles.

"Battle cassette №?"

This 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 protagonists, became famous. Soviet propaganda had to work without interruption even in the first years of the war. People needed support more than ever. It was necessary to raise the patriotic spirit of Soviet citizens, which faded with every message about the retreat of the Red Army. From the role of self-sacrificing partisan filmmaker Izmailova began.

Personal life

Elena Izmailova was married three times. The first spouse was the actor and director Rostislav Ivitsky, from whom the actress in 1942 gave birth to her son Denis. The marriage did not last long, as the husband worked at a Ukrainian film studio and did not want to move to Moscow.

The second actor became famous actor - Vladimir Etush. But this marriage did not last long. The last marriage was also concluded with a man connected with the world of cinema, Nikolai Timofeev. In 1952, they had a daughter.

Last years

Elena Izmailova is an actress who has played more than fifty roles in theater and cinema. In addition, she taught acting skills in GITIS, was engaged in concert activities, actively participated in literary projects.

By nature, Elena Izmailova was lively, sociable. She cooked wonderfully, she was a wonderful hostess. Friends respected and loved the always affable, radiant Lena.

Last years the actress has spent in the special boarding house intended for aged actors of cinema art. Eliminated in the life of Izmailova Elena Davydovna in 2005. She was buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery.

Filmography

The films, in which Izmailov took part, includes about twenty works, among which the most popular were White Fang, Cinderella, and Tropinins.

True glory to her came after she performed in the "Fifteen-year-old captain" the role of Mrs. Whedon. One of the brightest works of Izmaylova is the role of the Soviet radio operator in the film "Scout exploit."

Other films featuring legends of Soviet cinema:

1. "The second caravan."
2. "Blue roads."
3. "Composer Glinka".
4. "Lullaby".
5. The Mystery of Eternal Night.
6. "Memory of the heart."
7. "Thirteenth Chairman".