Elina Bystritskaya is a Soviet and Russian actress best known for her role of Aksiniya in Sergei Gerasimov's epic screening of Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don (1958). Jewish by ethnicity and a native of Kiev, Bystritskaya was chosen to play Aksiniya by Sholokhov himself over several distinguished candidates, notably Nonna Mordyukova. Before that, she co-starred with Sergey Bondarchuk in the Unfinished Story, an archetypal Socialist Realist film. In the 1960's, Bystritskaya turned to theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances on screen grew sporadic. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1978.
2004
as Saint Olga
2004
as Duchess Olga
1993
as Narrator
1993
1991
as Kira Aleksandrovna
1967
as Andreyeva
1967
as Yulia Filippovna
1964
as Glasha
1963
as Ksenia Rumyantseva
1960
as Pandora Montesi
1958
as Lyolya
1957
as Aksiniya
1955
as Yelizaveta Muromtseva
1954
as radistka Evgeníya Sergeevna
1950
as Lena