Yelena Samarina
| Yelena Samarina | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 December 1933 Omsk, Soviet Union |
| Died |
4 May 2011 Madrid, Spain |
| Other names | Yelena Georgievna Volozhanina |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958-2004 |
Yelena Samarina (1933–2011) was a Russian-born actress who settled in Spain. She was originally selected to play the lead in Wim Wenders' historical The Scarlet Letter (1973), but the film's financial backers insisted on the casting of the better-known Senta Berger.[1]
Selected filmography
- ¡Viva lo imposible! (1958)
- The Balcony of the Moon (1962)
- Currito of the Cross (1965)
- The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
- The Man in Hiding (1971)
- Spaniards in Paris (1971)
- Gone to the Mountain (1974)
References
- ↑ Palmer p.35
Bibliography
- R. Barton Palmer. Nineteenth-Century American Fiction on Screen. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
External links
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