Elena Vladimirovna Mayorova (russian: Еле́на Влади́мировна Майо́рова; 30 May 1958 – 23 August 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress,
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989).
[Русский драматический театр: Энциклопедия / Под общ. ред. М. И. Андреева, Н. Э. Звенигородской, А. В. Мартыновой и др. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2001. — 568 с.: ил. ]
Biography
Her father worked in the depot, and her mother in a factory.
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At school, Elena worked with the third class in the
Pioneers Palace Theatre Studio. After graduation, Elena Mayorova tried to get into a theater class at a few universities, but was not accepted. One year she had to study in
vocational school building, she graduated with honors and received specialty. In 1976, Elena Mayorova entered
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, the course of
Oleg Tabakov.
In 1982-1983, after graduating from GITIS, she played in the
Sovremennik Theatre. Since 1983 Elena Mayorova actress
Moscow Art Theater of the USSR. Gorky, and after its separation in 1987 Moscow Art Theatre Anton Chekhov. She had her first role in ''
Could One Imagine?'' directed by
Ilya Frez.
Elena Mayorova died under tragic circumstances; the official version is of an accident, although some say suicidal. Accidentally or intentionally, she set fire to her dress while on a staircase in the entrance of the house. With burns 85% of body surface actress was admitted to the Institute Sklifosovsky, where she died. She was buried at the cemetery
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...
.
Personal life
* First husband a fellow student of GITIS Vladimir Chaplygin.
* Second husband the painter-
hyperrealist
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Sergey Sherstuk (1951-1998), survived his wife for exactly 9 months, died of cancer on May 23, 1998.
No children.
Filmography
* 1980 — An Uninvited Friend
* 1981 — ''
Could One Imagine?''
* 1981 — ''
Express on Fire''
* 1981 — Our Vocation
* 1982 — Whose You, Old Man?
* 1983 — ''
Offered for Singles
Offered for Singles (russian: Одиноким предоставляется общежитие, Odinokim predostavlyaetsya obshchezhitiye) is a 1984 romantic comedy directed by Samson Samsonov and written by Arkady Inin.
Plot
Vera Golubeva, ...
''
* 1983 — The Last Argument of Kings
* 1984 — ''
Parade of Planets''
* 1984 — ''
Alone and Unarmed''
* 1986 — I Counselor Outpost
* 1987 — ''
Forgotten Melody for a Flute''
* 1987 — Lucky
* 1988 — Two and One
* 1988 — ''
Fast Train ''(Prize for Best Actress at the
"Constellation" (Sozvezdie) Film Festival)
* 1989 — Was there Carotene?
* 1991 — ''
Lost in Siberia
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* 1993 — Makarov
* 1993 — Cloak Casanova
* 1995 — Little Demon
* 1996 — The Return of Battleship
* 1996 — Career of Arturo Ui. A New Version.
* 1998 — At Loggerheads
* 1998 — Chekhov and Co
* 1999 — Listen, If Rain Does Not Go ...
References
External links
*
Site memory Elena Mayorova* Sergey Marko
Освобождение Елены Майоровой «Коллекция Караван историй» No. 5 (35) 2011
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1958 births
1997 deaths
People from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Soviet film actresses
Russian film actresses
Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni
Deaths from fire
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
20th-century Russian actresses
Honored Artists of the RSFSR