This talented Soviet-era actress is loved by millions of viewers. She has an unimaginable number of fans across the country. She is the star of the era, and the iron lady, and even the most beautiful woman of the past century. Undoubtedly, the great Elina Bystritskaya is worthy of all these epithets. The path to fame was difficult and thorny, but thanks to her perseverance, perseverance and determination, she managed to achieve universal recognition in the acting field. Of course, Elina Bystritskaya is a real role model, primarily for those who decide to choose the profession of an artist. The life credo of the actress is work, work and work again, and 24 hours a day. Thanks to the desire to work hard, she managed to achieve success in life. How did it happen? Let's look at this issue in detail.
Biography Facts
Elina Bystritskaya - a native of the city of Kyiv, she was born on April 4, 1928. The parents of the actress were engaged in medical business. From childhood, their daughter began to show interest in great art, organizing her own temple of Melpomene at home.
This act was inspired by the film"Chapaev", after watching which she wanted to transfer movie characters from the screen to the theater stage. The roles in the production went to Bystritskaya's cousin and her friend. In fairness, it should be noted that the range of interests of the young lady was not "girlish" - she did not like to play with dolls, but with pleasure she shot from a slingshot and rolled billiard balls.
The pre-war years Elina Bystritskaya spent in the village of Nizhyn, where her father, Abraham Petrovich, who served as captain of the medical service, was transferred to serve. However, soon the city is bombed, and her family is evacuated to Astrakhan, where she devotes her leisure time to nursing courses, combining her studies at school and working as a nurse in a mobile evacuation hospital. The biography of Elina Bystritskaya is extremely interesting and remarkable.
Failed Nurse
In the last years of the war, the family of the future actress returns to Nizhyn, and young Elina decides to enter a medical college. But, even while studying human anatomy, the girl does not forget to devote time to the art of reincarnation, visiting the local drama club. Moreover, the audience celebrates her performances on stage with a standing ovation.
After graduating from a technical school, Bystritskaya Elina Avraamovna suddenly realizes that medicine is not her path, and she will not make a good he alth worker. The girl understands that she was born for the theater stage. Her father does not share her desire to study acting and, nevertheless, agrees to go with her daughter to Kyiv, who firmly decided to enter"theatrical". The biography of Elina Bystritskaya seems to begin anew. But it was not there. Abraham Petrovich persuades the rector of the university to explain to his daughter that she has no talent for acting. He did not resist, and as a result, the girl abandoned her career as an actress.
Failed teacher
After a failure in the theater, she submits documents to the pedagogical department and becomes a student of the philological faculty. But even while studying at this university, Bystritskaya Elina Avraamovna does not forget about the “great”, doing ballet at the music school and organizing her own dance circle. Over time, the girl realizes that the profession of a teacher is not her calling.
Studying at a theater university
In 1948, Elina Bystritskaya, whose photo had not yet graced the pages of Soviet newspapers, again went to the Ukrainian capital and stormed the Karpenko-Kary Institute of Theater Arts, successfully passed the exams and enrolled in the course of L. A. Oleinik. From the first days of her studies, Bystritskaya showed herself to be a diligent student and for this she was awarded a trip to Moscow. But communication with classmates was difficult for her.
Many young men tried to court the beauty, and not always in an acceptable form, and the girl often had to respond to vulgarity with slaps in the face.
Workdays
After receiving a diploma, Bystritskaya is sent to the Kherson Drama Theater. Director Morozenko immediately drew attention to the beautiful Elina and, shamelessly pointing his finger at her, invited her to a restaurant. Naturally, proud Bystritskayastopped the vulgar intentions of the director. Soon she had to look for a new job.
Working in the theater
After some time, Elina Avraamovna was enrolled in the Vilnius Drama Theatre. Her debut role is the image of Tanya in the play of the same name by Arbuzov. She brilliantly reincarnated as a doctor, being perfectly familiar with this profession from the evacuation hospital. The directors also entrusted her with roles in the performances "The Scarlet Flower", "Years of Wandering", "Port Arthur".
In 1958, her innermost dream comes true - to join the troupe of the Maly Theater. At that time, she was already a celebrity in the cinema, but in the temple of Melpomene she again had to prove that Bystritskaya was a talented actress. The first image played at the Maly Theater is Lady Windermeyer in O. Wilde's production of Windermyr's Fan. Over the years of serving the theater, Elina Avraamovna was lucky to work with such eminent directors as Boris Babochkin, Viktor Komissarzhevsky, Pyotr Fomenko, Leonid Varpakhovsky.
Her stage partners were Nikolai Annenkov, Mikhail Zharov, Vera Pashennaya. She always tried to learn something new from her colleagues.
Working in movies
And of course, for many, Elina Bystritskaya is the greatest actress of Soviet cinema. All her roles are bright, extraordinary and memorable. The debut role of Elina Avraamovna in the cinema was to take place in 1948. At the Kyiv film studio, she was entrusted with an episodic role in Igor Savchenko's film "Taras Shevchenko". However, on the day of filming, something unexpected happened. Her heroine was supposed to perform a perky dance in a round dance withother beauties. But for some reason, she was given black boots, while all the girls have red ones. The director, noticing this, asked to replace Bystritskaya.
However, two years later, fortune smiled on the young actress. Director Vladimir Brown gave the role of Lena Alekseenko in the film "Peaceful Days" to Elina Avraamovna. The first work of the actress was an extraordinary success with the audience, although she got the role of one-plan.
An Unfinished Tale
In 1954, Bystritskaya was offered images in two films at once: "Twelfth Night" (directed by Frid) and "The Unfinished Story" (directed by Ermler). As a result, the actress faced a dilemma - which role to choose?
She chose to play the role of Dr. Elizaveta Maksimovna in the second film. Working on it was quite difficult, and above all because she did not feel great sympathy for her partner in the picture - Sergei Bondarchuk. The Unfinished Tale was released in 1955 and immediately fell in love with the Soviet audience - the realism of the love story that the director managed to show bribed. From that moment on, the actress begins to be recognized on the street. Elina Bystritskaya, whose autographed photo everyone now wants to have, becomes the star of the Soviet television screen. The heroine Elena Maksimovna was imitated, set as an example, girls were named after her, and the profession of a doctor became the most prestigious. In 1955, Elina Bystritskaya, whose films become the highest grossing ones, is recognized by the Soviet media as the best actress in the country.
Quiet Flows the Don
Moregreat fame Elina Bystritskaya brought work in the film by Sergei Gerasimov "Quiet Don". The director personally taught her acting lessons. He did not tolerate hack work on the set, making every effort to ensure that the actors played their roles as naturally as possible. Elina Avraamovna Gerasimov helped to focus on the main thing in the image of Aksinya: carry water in a yoke, ride a horse, speak the local dialect and much more. Bystritskaya mastered this science, and after the release of the screens, the Cossacks named the actress Aksinya Donskaya. The played image of the beloved Grigory Melekhov made Bystritskaya an honorary Cossack.
Elina Avraamovna's acting fame grew like a snowball: she was even offered to act in films by foreign directors, but their plans were not destined to materialize - the union of filmmakers took a radical position on this issue.
Another significant work of the actress is the film "Nikolai Bauman", where Bystritskaya brilliantly played the image of Maria Andreeva. After that, a creative break came in the career of the actress, which lasted a quarter of a century. But during this period, no one forgot that there was the People's Artist of the USSR Elina Bystritskaya, whose films were regularly shown on the blue screen.
Private life
The actress has never experienced a lack of male attention. Many representatives of the stronger sex offered her friendship. However, no one managed to get the favor of a proud girl.
Whochose Elina Bystritskaya as her husband? The family of the actress turned out with a party worker Nikolai Patolichev, who was her two dozen older in age. Elina Avraamovna's husband held significant positions in the Soviet government, he was an educated person and an intelligent conversationalist.
Today she lives alone. Bystritskaya has no relatives. But she does not lose heart, considers herself a happy person. What is the most important thing in life for such a great actress as Elina Bystritskaya? Children! And although she did not fully experience the feeling of motherhood, she compensates for this by loving her students, whom she teaches the basics of acting.
The actress has many regalia, is engaged in social activities, plays billiards, listens to classical music, shoots at a shooting range and reads books on parapsychology.
